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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 3,295,866 (July 1990), growth rate 0.4% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 16 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: -3 migrant/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 10 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 2.0 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--New Zealander(s); adjective--New Zealand.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 88% European, 8.9% Maori, 2.9% Pacific 
  20. Islander, 0.2% other.
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  22. Religion: 81% Christian, 18% none or unspecified, 1% Hindu, 
  23. Confucian, and other.
  24.  
  25. Language: English (official), Maori.
  26.  
  27. Literacy: 99%.
  28.  
  29. Labor force: 1,591,900; 67.4% services, 19.8% manufacturing, 
  30. 9.3% primary production (1987).
  31.  
  32. Organized labor: 681,000 members; 43% of labor force (1986).
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