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People
Population: 353,465 (July 1990), growth rate 0.9% (1990).
Birth rate: 15 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: 1 migrant/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 8 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 74 years male, 78 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 2.0 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Maltese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Maltese.
Ethnic divisions: mixture of Arab, Sicilian, Norman, Spanish,
Italian, English.
Religion: 98% Roman Catholic.
Language: Maltese and English (official).
Literacy: 83%.
Labor force: 125,674; 30% services, 24% manufacturing, 21%
government (except job corps), 8% construction, 5% utilities
and drydocks, 4% agriculture (1987).
Organized labor: about 40% of labor force.