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<text>
<title>
Colombia: People
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Colombia
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 34,942,767 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 1.83% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 23.4 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 4.82 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: -0.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 29.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 71.72 years</l>
<l> male: 68.99 years</l>
<l> female: 74.53 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 2.54 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Colombian(s)</l>
<l> adjective: Colombian</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black
4%, mixed black-Indian 3%, Indian 1%
</p>
<p>Religions: Roman Catholic 95%
</p>
<p>Languages: Spanish
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
<l> total population: 87%</l>
<l> male: 88%</l>
<l> female: 86%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 12 million (1990)
</p>
<p> by occupation: services 46%, agriculture 30%, industry 24%
(1990)
</p></body></article></text>