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  1. <text>
  2. <title>
  3. Ecuador: People
  4. </title>
  5. <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Ecuador
  6. People</hdr><body>
  7. <p>Population: 10,461,072 (July 1993 est.)
  8. </p>
  9. <p>Population growth rate: 2.07% (1993 est.)
  10. </p>
  11. <p>Birth rate: 26.54 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  12. </p>
  13. <p>Death rate: 5.8 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: 40.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
  18. est.)
  19. </p>
  20. <list>
  21. <l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
  22. <l>  total population: 69.61 years</l>
  23. <l>  male: 67.09 years</l>
  24. <l>  female: 72.25 years (1993 est.)</l>
  25. </list>
  26. <p>Total fertility rate: 3.19 children born/woman (1993 est.)
  27. </p>
  28. <list>
  29. <l>Nationality:</l>
  30. <l>  noun: Ecuadorian(s)</l>
  31. <l>  adjective: Ecuadorian</l>
  32. </list>
  33. <p>Ethnic divisions: mestizo (mixed Indian and Spanish) 55%,
  34. Indian 25%, Spanish 10%, black 10%
  35. </p>
  36. <p>Religions: Roman Catholic 95%
  37. </p>
  38. <p>Languages: Spanish (official), Indian languages (especially
  39. Quechua)
  40. </p>
  41. <list>
  42. <l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
  43. <l>  total population: 86%</l>
  44. <l>  male: 88%</l>
  45. <l>  female: 84%</l>
  46. </list>
  47. <p>Labor force: 2.8 million
  48. </p>
  49. <p>  by occupation: agriculture 35%, manufacturing 21%, commerce
  50. 16%, services and other activities 28% (1982)
  51. </p></body></article></text>
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