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Geography
Area: Land boundaries: total 4,993 km, Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km Coastline: 2,800 km
PeoplePopulation: 21,004,773 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.1% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 25.11 births/1,000 population Death rate: 4.57 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 26.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.97 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: mestizo 67%, white 21%, black 10%, Amerindian 2% Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2% Languages: Spanish (official), native dialects spoken by about 200,000 Amerindiansin the remote interior
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Caracas Independence: 5 July 1811 (from Spain) Constitution: 23 January 1961
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $178.3 billion National product real growth rate: -3.3% National product per capita: $8,670 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 71% Unemployment rate: 9%
Electricity:
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| The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July). |