People (New Zealand)
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     Population:
         3,347,369 (July 1992), growth rate 0.7% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         16 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         8 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         -2 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         9 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         72 years male, 80 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         2.1 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - New Zealander(s); adjective - New Zealand
     Ethnic divisions:
         European 88%, Maori 8.9%, Pacific Islander 2.9%, other 0.2%
     Religions:
         Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist 5%, Baptist
         2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 9% (1986)
     Languages:
         English (official), Maori
     Literacy:
         99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970)
     Labor force:
         1,603,500 (June 1991); services 67.4%, manufacturing 19.8%, primary
         production 9.3% (1987)
     Organized labor:
         681,000 members; 43% of labor force (1986)