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  1. <text>
  2. <title>
  3. Brazil: People
  4. </title>
  5. <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Brazil
  6. People</hdr><body>
  7. <p>Population: 156,664,223 (July 1993 est.)
  8. </p>
  9. <p>Population growth rate: 1.35% (1993 est.)
  10. </p>
  11. <p>Birth rate: 21.77 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  12. </p>
  13. <p>Death rate: 8.3 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  14. </p>
  15. <p>Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  16. </p>
  17. <p>Infant mortality rate: 61.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
  18. est.)
  19. </p>
  20. <list>
  21. <l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
  22. <l>  total population: 62.7 years</l>
  23. <l>  male: 58.28 years</l>
  24. <l>  female: 67.33 years (1993 est.)</l>
  25. </list>
  26. <p>Total fertility rate: 2.49 children born/woman (1993 est.)
  27. </p>
  28. <list>
  29. <l>Nationality:</l>
  30. <l>  noun: Brazilian(s)</l>
  31. <l>  adjective: Brazilian</l>
  32. </list>
  33. <p>Ethnic divisions: Portuguese, Italian, German, Japanese,
  34. Amerindian, black 6%, white 55%, mixed 38%, other 1%
  35. </p>
  36. <p>Religions: Roman Catholic (nominal) 90%
  37. </p>
  38. <p>Languages: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
  39. </p>
  40. <list>
  41. <l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
  42. <l>  total population: 81%</l>
  43. <l>  male: 82%</l>
  44. <l>  female: 80%</l>
  45. </list>
  46. <p>Labor force: 57 million (1989 est.)
  47. </p>
  48. <p>  by occupation: services 42%, agriculture 31%, industry 27%
  49. </p></body></article></text>
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