(1970) total population: 98% male: 99% female: 98% Labor force: 4.552 million by occupation: agriculture 60%, industry and over can read and write (1990) total population: 62.77 years male: 68.36 years female: 81.01 years (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Maldivian(s) adjective: Maldivian Ethnic divisions: Russian 81.5%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 3%, Chuvash 1.2%, Bashkir 0.9%, Belarusian 0.8%, Moldavian 0.7%, other 8.1% (1980) Languages: English Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1971) total population: 99% male: NA% female: NA% Labor force: 23,265 by occupation: two-thirds are government
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