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- <text id=94CT0924><title>Mauritius—People</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Mauritius<nl>People</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 1,116,923 (July 1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 0.92% (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 19.28 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 6.41 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> -3.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 18.4 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> 70.54 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 66.62 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 74.63 years (1994 est.)
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- <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.22 children born/woman (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Mauritian(s)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Mauritian
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- <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2%
- <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1%
- <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori
- <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 80%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 85%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 75%
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- <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 335,000
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> government services 29%, agriculture and fishing 27%, manufacturing 22%, other 22%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> 43% of population of working age (1985)
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