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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 25,648,241 (July 1990), growth rate 2.2% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 31 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: -1 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 78 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 63 years male, 66 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 4.0 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Moroccan(s); adjective--Moroccan.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 99.1% Arab-Berber, 0.7% non-Moroccan, 0.2% Jewish.
  20.  
  21. Religion: 98.7% Muslim, 1.1% Christian, 0.2% Jewish.
  22.  
  23. Language: Arabic (official); several Berber dialects; French 
  24. is language of business, government, diplomacy, and postprimary 
  25. education.
  26.  
  27. Literacy: 28%.
  28.  
  29. Labor force: 7,400,000; 50% agriculture, 26% services, 15% 
  30. industry, 9% other (1985).
  31.  
  32. Organized labor: about 5% of the labor force, mainly in the 
  33. Union of Moroccan Workers (UMT) and the Democratic Confederation 
  34. of Labor (CDT).
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