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- <text id=94CT0984><title>Mozambique—People</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Mozambique<nl>People</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 17,346,280 (July 1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 5.87% (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 44.97 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 16.33 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 30.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 128.7 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> 48.49 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 46.63 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 50.41 years (1994 est.)
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- <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 6.25 children born/woman (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Mozambican(s)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Mozambican
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- <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> indigenous tribal groups, Europeans about 10,000, Euro-Africans 35,000, Indians 15,000
- <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> indigenous beliefs 60%, Christian 30%, Muslim 10%
- <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Portuguese (official), indigenous dialects
- <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 33%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 45%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 21%
- </list>
- <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> NA
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> 90% engaged in agriculture
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