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<text>
<title>
Maldives: People
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Maldives
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 243,094 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 3.64% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 44.34 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 7.91 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 57.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 63.86 years</l>
<l> male: 62.5 years</l>
<l> female: 65.28 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 6.36 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Maldivian(s)</l>
<l> adjective: Maldivian</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, African
</p>
<p>Religions: Sunni Muslim
</p>
<p>Languages: Divehi (dialect of Sinhala; script derived from
Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1985)</l>
<l> total population: 92%</l>
<l> male: 92%</l>
<l> female: 92%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 66,000 (est.)
</p>
<p> by occupation: fishing industry 25%
</p></body></article></text>