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- <text id=94CT0568><title>Guadeloupe—People</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Guadeloupe<nl>People</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 428,947 (July 1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 1.55% (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 17.68 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 5.94 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 3.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 8.9 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> 76.97 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 73.91 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 80.14 years (1994 est.)
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- <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.04 children born/woman (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Guadeloupian(s)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Guadeloupe
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- <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> black or mulatto 90%, white 5%, East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese less than 5%
- <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5%
- <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> French, creole patois
- <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1982)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 90%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 90%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 91%
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- <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 120,000
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> services, government, and commerce 53.0%, industry 25.8%, agriculture 21.2%
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