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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 66,117,284 (July 1990), growth rate 2.5% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 32 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: -1 migrant/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 48 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 63 years male, 69 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 4.3 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Filipino(s); adjective--Philippine.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 91.5% Christian Malay, 4% Muslim Malay, 
  20. 1.5% Chinese, 3% other.
  21.  
  22. Religion: 83% Roman Catholic, 9% Protestant, 5% Muslim, 
  23. 3% Buddhist and other.
  24.  
  25. Language: Pilipino (based on Tagalog) and English; both 
  26. official.
  27.  
  28. Literacy: 88% (est.).
  29.  
  30. Labor force: 22,889,000; 47% agriculture, 20% industry and 
  31. commerce, 13.5% services, 10% government, 9.5% other (1987).
  32.  
  33. Organized labor:  2,064 registered unions; total membership 
  34. 4.8 million (includes 2.7 million members of the National 
  35. Congress of Farmers Organizations).
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