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<text>
<title>
Brazil: People
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Brazil
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 156,664,223 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 1.35% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 21.77 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 8.3 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 61.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 62.7 years</l>
<l> male: 58.28 years</l>
<l> female: 67.33 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 2.49 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Brazilian(s)</l>
<l> adjective: Brazilian</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: Portuguese, Italian, German, Japanese,
Amerindian, black 6%, white 55%, mixed 38%, other 1%
</p>
<p>Religions: Roman Catholic (nominal) 90%
</p>
<p>Languages: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
<l> total population: 81%</l>
<l> male: 82%</l>
<l> female: 80%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 57 million (1989 est.)
</p>
<p> by occupation: services 42%, agriculture 31%, industry 27%
</p></body></article></text>