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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 23,273,285 (July 1990), growth rate 0.5% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 16 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: -1 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 19 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 75 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Romanian(s); adjective--Romanian.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 89.1% Romanian; 7.8% Hungarian; 1.5% German; 
  20. 1.6% Ukrainian, Serb, Croat, Russian, Turk, and Gypsy.
  21.  
  22. Religion: 80% Romanian Orthodox; 6% Roman Catholic; 4% Calvinist, 
  23. Lutheran, Jewish, Baptist.
  24.  
  25. Language: Romanian, Hungarian, German.
  26.  
  27. Literacy: 98%.
  28.  
  29. Labor force: 10,690,000; 34% industry, 28% agriculture, 
  30. 38% other (1987).
  31.  
  32. Organized labor: until December 1989, a single trade union 
  33. system organized by the General Confederation of Romanian 
  34. Trade Unions (UGSR) under control of the Communist Party; 
  35. since Ceausescu's overthrow, newly-created trade and professional 
  36. trade unions are joining two rival umbrella organizations--
  37. Organization of Free Trade Unions and Fratia (Brotherhood).
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