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<text>
<title>
Portugal: People
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Portugal
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 10,486,140 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 0.36% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 11.59 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 9.77 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: 1.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 9.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 74.89 years</l>
<l> male: 71.43 years</l>
<l> female: 78.56 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 1.45 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Portuguese (singular and plural)</l>
<l> adjective: Portuguese</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: homogeneous Mediterranean stock in mainland,
Azores, Madeira Islands; citizens of black African descent who
immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than
100,000
</p>
<p>Religions: Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant denominations 1%,
other 2%
</p>
<p>Languages: Portuguese
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
<l> total population: 85%</l>
<l> male: 89%</l>
<l> female: 82%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 4,605,700
</p>
<p> by occupation: services 45%, industry 35%, agriculture 20%
(1988)
</p></body></article></text>