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<text id=94CT0822><title>Liberia—People</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Liberia<nl>People</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 2,972,766 (July 1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 3.33% (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 43.48 births/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 12.34 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 2.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 113.3 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> 57.73 years <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 55.27 years <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 60.25 years (1994 est.) </list> <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 6.36 children born/woman (1994 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Liberian(s) <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Liberian </list> <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, and Bella), Americo-Liberians 5% (descendants of repatriated slaves) <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> traditional 70%, Muslim 20%, Christian 10% <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> English 20% (official), Niger-Congo language group about 20 local languages come from this group <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.) <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 40% <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 50% <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 29% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 510,000 including 220,000 in the monetary economy <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 70.5%, services 10.8%, industry and commerce 4.5%, other 14.2% <item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> non-African foreigners hold about 95% of the top-level management and engineering jobs; 52% of population of working age </list></list></body></article></text>