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People
Population: 998,963 (July 1990), growth rate 2.5% (1990).
Birth rate: 43 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 19 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 127 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 44 years male, 48 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 5.9 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Guinea-Bissauan(s); adjective--Guinea-Bissauan.
Ethnic divisions: about 99% African (30% Balanta, 20% Fula,
14% Manjaca, 13% Mandinga, 7% Papel); less than 1% European
and mulatto.
Religion: 65% indigenous beliefs, 30% Muslim, 5% Christian.
Language: Portuguese (official); Criolo and numerous African
languages.
Literacy: 34% (1986).
Labor force: 403,000 (est.); 90% agriculture, 5% industry,
services, and commerce, 5% government; 53% of population
of working age (1983).
Organized labor: only one trade union--the National Union
of Workers of Guinea-Bissau (UNTG).