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- <text id=94CT0350><title>Costa Rica—People</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Costa Rica<nl>People</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 3,342,154 (July 1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 2.31% (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 25.48 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 3.52 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 1.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 11 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> 77.8 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 75.88 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 79.81 years (1994 est.)
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- <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 3.06 children born/woman (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Costa Rican(s)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Costa Rican
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- <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> white (including mestizo) 96%, black 2%, Indian 1%, Chinese 1%
- <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Roman Catholic 95%
- <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Spanish (official), English; spoken around Puerto Limon
- <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 93%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 93%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 93%
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- <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 868,300
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> industry and commerce 35.1%, government and services 33%, agriculture 27%, other 4.9% (1985 est.)
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