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sovereignty over New Zealand) *Cook Islands, People Population: 10,040,939 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 0.41% (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.83 children born/woman (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.45 children born/woman (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 51.18 years male: 46.98 years female: 67.63 years (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 8.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s) adjective: Sahrawian,

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