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- <text id=94CT0268><title>Cape Verde—People</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Cape Verde<nl>People</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 423,120 (July 1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 3.01% (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 46.23 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 9.04 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> -7.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 57.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 62.59 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 60.7 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 64.58 years (1994 est.)
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- <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 6.32 children born/woman (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Cape Verdean(s)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Cape Verdean
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- <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Creole (mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1%
- <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Roman Catholicism fused with indigenous beliefs
- <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Portuguese, Crioulo, a blend of Portuguese and West African words
- <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 66%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> NA%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> NA%
- </list>
- <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 102,000 (1985 est.)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture (mostly subsistence) 57%, services 29%, industry 14% (1981)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> 51% of population of working age (1985)
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