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People
Population: 595,583 (July 1990), growth rate 1.9% (1990).
Birth rate: 24 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 9 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 70 years male, 76 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 2.6 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Reunionese (sing. and pl.);
adjective--Reunionese.
Ethnic divisions: most of the population is of intermixed
French, African, Malagasy, Chinese, Pakistani, and Indian
ancestry.
Religion: 94% Roman Catholic.
Language: French (official); Creole widely used.
Literacy: NA%, but over 80% among younger generation.
Labor force: NA; 30% agriculture, 21% industry, 49% services
(1981); 63% of population of working age (1983).
Organized labor: General Confederation of Workers of Reunion (CGTR).