natural resources Belgium must import up to which an overwhelming majority also practice Voodoo), Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 2% Languages: French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1970) total population: 69.93 years male: 38.79 years female: 82.17 years (1993 est.) Birth rate: 42.59 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $13.6 billion (1992 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 5% (1991 est.); GNP $570
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