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- Northern Mariana Island (US): People
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- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Northern Mariana Islands
- People</hdr><body>
- <p>Population: 48,581 (July 1993 est.)
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- <p>Population growth rate: 3.04% (1993 est.)
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- <p>Birth rate: 35.05 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
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- <p>Death rate: 4.61 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: 37.96 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
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- <l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
- <l> total population: 67.43 years</l>
- <l> male: 65.53 years</l>
- <l> female: 69.48 years (1993 est.)</l>
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- <p>Total fertility rate: 2.69 children born/woman (1993 est.)
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- <l>Nationality:</l>
- <l> noun: NA</l>
- <l> adjective: NA</l>
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- <p>Ethnic divisions: Chamorro, Carolinians and other Micronesians,
- Caucasian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean
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- <p>Religions: Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional
- beliefs and taboos may still be found)
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- <p>Languages: English, Chamorro, Carolinian
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- <p>note: 86% of population speaks a language other than English at
- home
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- <l>Literacy: age NA and over can read and write (1980)</l>
- <l> total population: 97%</l>
- <l> male: 97%</l>
- <l> female: 96%</l>
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- <p>Labor force: 7,476 total indigenous labor force, 2,699 unemployed;
- 21,188 foreign workers (1990)
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- <p> by occupation: NA
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