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  1. <text id=93CT1200>
  2. <title>
  3. St. Lucia--People
  4. </title>
  5. <article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Saint Lucia
  6. People</hdr><body>
  7. <p>Population: 144,337 (July 1993 est.)
  8. </p>
  9. <p>Population growth rate: 0.52% (1993 est.)
  10. </p>
  11. <p>Birth rate: 23.97 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  12. </p>
  13. <p>Death rate: 5.91 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  14. </p>
  15. <p>Net migration rate: -12.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
  16. est.)
  17. </p>
  18. <p>Infant mortality rate: 18.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
  19. est.)
  20. </p>
  21. <list>
  22. <l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
  23. <l>  total population: 69.26 years</l>
  24. <l>  male: 66.98 years</l>
  25. <l>  female: 71.69 years (1993 est.)</l>
  26. </list>
  27. <p>Total fertility rate: 2.62 children born/woman (1993 est.)
  28. </p>
  29. <list>
  30. <l>Nationality:</l>
  31. <l>  noun: Saint Lucian(s)</l>
  32. <l>  adjective: Saint Lucian</l>
  33. </list>
  34. <p>Ethnic divisions: African descent 90.3%, mixed 5.5%, East
  35. Indian 3.2%, Caucasian 0.8%
  36. </p>
  37. <p>Religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 7%, Anglican 3%
  38. </p>
  39. <p>Languages: English (official), French patois
  40. </p>
  41. <list>
  42. <l>Literacy: age 15 and over having ever attended school
  43. (1980)</l>
  44. <l>  total population: 67%</l>
  45. <l>  male: 65%</l>
  46. <l>  female: 69%</l>
  47. </list>
  48. <p>Labor force: 43,800
  49. </p>
  50. <p>  by occupation: agriculture 43.4%, services 38.9%, industry
  51. and commerce 17.7% (1983 est.)
  52. </p></body></article></text>
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