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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 141,039 (July 1990), growth rate 2.8% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 26 births/1,000 population (1990).
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  7. Death rate: 4 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
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  9. Net migration rate: 5 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
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  11. Infant mortality rate: 12 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 70 years male, 75 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 3.0 children born/woman (1990).
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  17. Nationality: noun--Guamanian(s); adjective--Guamanian.
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  19. Ethnic divisions: 47% Chamorro, 25% Filipino, 10% Caucasian, 
  20. 18% Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other.
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  22. Religion: 98% Roman Catholic, 2% other.
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  24. Language: English and Chamorro, most residents bilingual; 
  25. Japanese also widely spoken.
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  27. Literacy: 90%.
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  29. Labor force: 54,000; 42% government, 58% private (1988).
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  31. Organized labor: 13% of labor force.
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