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<text id=94CT0572><title>Guam—People</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Guam<nl>People</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 149,620 (July 1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 2.48% (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 25.66 births/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 3.86 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 15.17 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 74.29 years <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 72.42 years <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 76.13 years (1994 est.) </list> <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.39 children born/woman (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Guamanian(s) <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Guamanian </list> <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Chamorro 47%, Filipino 25%, Caucasian 10%, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other 18% <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Roman Catholic 98%, other 2% <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> English, Chamorro, Japanese <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1980) <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 96% <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 96% <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 96% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 46,930 (1990) <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> federal and territorial government 40%, private 60% (trade 18%, services 15.6%, construction 13.8%, other 12.6%) (1990) </list></list></body></article></text>