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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 165,006 (July 1990), growth rate 3.2% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 37 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 36 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 67 years male, 72 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 5.5 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Vanuatuan(s); adjective--Vanuatuan.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 94% indigenous Melanesian, 4% French, 
  20. remainder Vietnamese, Chinese, and various Pacific Islanders.
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  22. Religion: most at least nominally Christian.
  23.  
  24. Language: English and French (official); pidgin (known as 
  25. Bislama or Bichelama).
  26.  
  27. Literacy: 10-20% (est.).
  28.  
  29. Labor force: NA.
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  31. Organized labor: 7 registered trade unions--largest include 
  32. Oil and Gas Workers' Union, Vanuatu Airline Workers' Union.
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