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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 43,417 (July 1990), growth rate 3.2% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 39 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: -1 migrant/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 43 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 70 years male, 75 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 5.9 children born/woman (1990).
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  17. Nationality: noun--Marshallese; adjective--Marshallese.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: almost entirely Micronesian.
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  21. Religion: predominantly Christian, mostly Protestant.
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  23. Language: English universally spoken and is the official 
  24. language; two major Marshallese dialects from Malayo-Polynesian 
  25. family; Japanese.
  26.  
  27. Literacy: 90%.
  28.  
  29. Labor force: 4,800 (1986).
  30.  
  31. Organized labor: none.
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