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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 490,897 (July 1990), growth rate 5.7% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 22 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 3 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: 38 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 25 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 73 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 4.2 children born/woman (1990).
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  17. Nationality: noun--Qatari(s); adjective--Qatari.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 40% Arab, 18% Pakistani, 18% Indian, 
  20. 10% Iranian, 14% other.
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  22. Religion: 95% Muslim.
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  24. Language: Arabic (official); English is commonly used as 
  25. second language.
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  27. Literacy: 40%.
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  29. Labor force: 104,000; 85% non-Qatari in private sector (1983).
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  31. Organized labor: trade unions are illegal.
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