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People
Population: 7,269,240 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990).
Birth rate: 47 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 22 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 147 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 40 years male, 44 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 6.1 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Guinean(s); adjective--Guinean.
Ethnic divisions: Fulani, Malinke, Sousou, 15 smaller tribes.
Religion: 85% Muslim, 5% indigenous beliefs, 1.5% Christian.
Language: French (official); each tribe has its own language.
Literacy: 20% in French; 48% in local languages.
Labor force: 2,400,000 (1983); 82.0% agriculture, 11.0%
industry and commerce, 5.4% services; 88,112 civil servants
(1987); 52% of population of working age (1985).
Organized labor: virtually 100% of wage earners loosely
affiliated with the National Confederation of Guinean Workers.