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  1.                                                                                 People
  2.  
  3. Population: 4,484,795 (July 1992), growth rate 3.0% (1992)
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 36 births/1,000 population (1992)
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
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  9. Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
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  11. Infant mortality rate: 60 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 66 years male, 71 years female (1992)
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  15. Total fertility rate: 4.9 children born/woman (1992)
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  17. Nationality: noun - Libyan(s); adjective - Libyan
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: Berber and Arab 97%; some Greeks, Maltese,
  20. Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, and Tunisians
  21.  
  22. Religions: Sunni Muslim 97%
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  24. Languages: Arabic; Italian and English widely understood in
  25. major cities
  26.  
  27. Literacy: 64% (male 75%, female 50%) age 15 and over can read
  28. and write (1990 est.)
  29.  
  30. Labor force: 1,000,000, includes about 280,000 resident
  31. foreigners; industry 31%, services 27%, government 24%,
  32. agriculture 18%
  33.  
  34. Organized labor: National Trade Unions' Federation, 275,000
  35. members; General Union for Oil and Petrochemicals; Pan-Africa
  36. Federation of Petroleum Energy and Allied Workers  
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