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PEOPLE
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Population:
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272,639,608
(July 1999 est.) |
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Age
Structure:
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0-14
years: 22% (male 30,097,125; female 28,699,568)
15-64 years: 66% (male 89,024,052; female 90,379,328)
65 years and over: 12% (male 14,189,132; female 20,250,403)
(1999 est.) |
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Population
Growth Rate:
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0.85%
(1999 est.) |
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Birth
Rate:
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14.3
births/1,000 population (1999 est.) |
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Death
Rate:
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8.8
deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.) |
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Net
Migration Rate:
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3
migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.) |
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Sex
Ratio:
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at
birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (1999 est.) |
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Infant
Mortality Rate:
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6.33
deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.) |
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Life
Expectancy at Birth:
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total
population: 76.23 years
male: 72.95 years
female: 79.67 years (1999 est.) |
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Total
Fertility Rate:
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2.07
children born/woman (1999 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun:
American(s)
adjective: American |
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Ethnic
Groups:
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white 83.5%, black 12.4%, Asian 3.3%, Amerindian 0.8% (1992) |
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Religions:
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Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none
10% (1989) |
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Languages:
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English,
Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority) ) |
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Literacy:
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definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 97% (1979 est.) |
