age 15 and over can read and write (1970) total population: 73.22 years (1993 est.) Birth rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.) Birth rate: 39.37 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Net migration rate: 2.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.) Death rate: 5.39 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $42.4 billion, 2.2% of GDP (1989 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.3% (1991 est.) National product real growth rate: 2.61% (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 6.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Birth rate: 39.37 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Tongan(s) adjective: Tongan Ethnic divisions: indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, and Bella), Americo-Liberians 5% (descendants of repatriated slaves) Religions: traditional 70%, Muslim 20%, traditional indigenous beliefs 34% Languages: English (official), French
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