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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 2,123,711 (July 1990), growth rate 3.8% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 29 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 2 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: 11 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 15 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 76 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 3.7 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Kuwaiti(s); adjective--Kuwaiti.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 27.9% Kuwaiti, 39% other Arab, 9% South 
  20. Asian, 4% Iranian, 20.1% other.
  21.  
  22. Religion: 85% Muslim (30% Shia, 45% Sunni, 10% other), 
  23. 15% Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other.
  24.  
  25. Language: Arabic (official); English widely spoken.
  26.  
  27. Literacy: 71% (est.).
  28.  
  29. Labor force: 566,000 (1986); 45.0% services, 20.0% construction, 
  30. 12.0% trade, 8.6% manufacturing, 2.6% finance and real estate, 
  31. 1.9% agriculture, 1.7% power and water, 1.4% mining and 
  32. quarrying; 70% of labor force is non-Kuwaiti.
  33.  
  34. Organized labor: labor unions exist in oil industry and 
  35. among government personnel.
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