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- <text id=94CT0939><title>Mexico—People</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Mexico<nl>People</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 92,202,199 (July 1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 1.94% (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 27.17 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 4.73 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> -3.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 27.4 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> 72.94 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 69.36 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 76.7 years (1994 est.)
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- <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 3.17 children born/woman (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Mexican(s)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Mexican
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- <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> mestizo (Indian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, Caucasian or predominantly Caucasian 9%, other 1%
- <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%
- <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Spanish, various Mayan dialects
- <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> 87%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 90%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 85%
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- <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 26.2 million (1990)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> services 31.7%, agriculture, forestry, hunting, and fishing 28%, commerce 14.6%, manufacturing 11.1%, construction 8.4%, transportation 4.7%, mining and quarrying 1.5%
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