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- Guinea-Bissau: People
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- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Guinea-Bissau
- People</hdr><body>
- <p>Population: 1,072,439 (July 1993 est.)
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- <p>Population growth rate: 2.38% (1993 est.)
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- <p>Birth rate: 41.26 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
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- <p>Death rate: 17.45 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
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- <p>Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
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- <p>Infant mortality rate: 122.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
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- <l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
- <l> total population: 47.03 years</l>
- <l> male: 45.38 years</l>
- <l> female: 48.73 years (1993 est.)</l>
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- <p>Total fertility rate: 5.6 children born/woman (1993 est.)
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- <l>Nationality:</l>
- <l> noun: Guinea-Bissauan(s)</l>
- <l> adjective: Guinea-Bissauan</l>
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- <p>Ethnic divisions: African 99% (Balanta 30%, Fula 20%, Manjaca 14%,
- Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%), European and mulatto less than 1%
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- <p>Religions: indigenous beliefs 65%, Muslim 30%, Christian 5%
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- <p>Languages: Portuguese (official), Criolo, African languages
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- <l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
- <l> total population: 36%</l>
- <l> male: 50%</l>
- <l> female: 24%</l>
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- <p>Labor force: 403,000 (est.)
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- <p> by occupation: agriculture 90%, industry, services, and commerce
- 5%, government 5%
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- <p>note: population of working age 53% (1983)
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