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  1. <text>
  2. <title>
  3. Colombia: People
  4. </title>
  5. <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Colombia
  6. People</hdr><body>
  7. <p>Population: 34,942,767 (July 1993 est.)
  8. </p>
  9. <p>Population growth rate: 1.83% (1993 est.)
  10. </p>
  11. <p>Birth rate: 23.4 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  12. </p>
  13. <p>Death rate: 4.82 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  14. </p>
  15. <p>Net migration rate: -0.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
  16. est.)
  17. </p>
  18. <p>Infant mortality rate: 29.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
  19. est.)
  20. </p>
  21. <list>
  22. <l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
  23. <l>  total population: 71.72 years</l>
  24. <l>  male: 68.99 years</l>
  25. <l>  female: 74.53 years (1993 est.)</l>
  26. </list>
  27. <p>Total fertility rate: 2.54 children born/woman (1993 est.)
  28. </p>
  29. <list>
  30. <l>Nationality:</l>
  31. <l>  noun: Colombian(s)</l>
  32. <l>  adjective: Colombian</l>
  33. </list>
  34. <p>Ethnic divisions: mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black
  35. 4%, mixed black-Indian 3%, Indian 1%
  36. </p>
  37. <p>Religions: Roman Catholic 95%
  38. </p>
  39. <p>Languages: Spanish
  40. </p>
  41. <list>
  42. <l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
  43. <l>  total population: 87%</l>
  44. <l>  male: 88%</l>
  45. <l>  female: 86%</l>
  46. </list>
  47. <p>Labor force: 12 million (1990)
  48. </p>
  49. <p>  by occupation: services 46%, agriculture 30%, industry 24%
  50. (1990)
  51. </p></body></article></text>
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