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  1.                                                                                 People
  2.  
  3. Population: 7,515,892 (July 1992), growth rate 1.9% (1992)
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  5. Birth rate: 26 births/1,000 population (1992)
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  7. Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
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  9. Net migration rate: -1 migrant/1,000 population (1992)
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  11. Infant mortality rate: 56 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
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  13. Life expectancy at birth: 66 years male, 70 years female (1992)
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  15. Total fertility rate: 3.0 children born/woman (1992)
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  17. Nationality: noun - Dominican(s); adjective - Dominican
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  19. Ethnic divisions: mixed 73%, white 16%, black 11%
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  21. Religions: Roman Catholic 95%
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  23. Languages: Spanish
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  25. Literacy: 83% (male 85%, female 82%) age 15 and over can read
  26. and write (1990 est.)
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  28. Labor force: 2,300,000 to 2,600,000; agriculture 49%, services
  29. 33%, industry 18% (1986)
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  31. Organized labor: 12% of labor force (1989 est.)  
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