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NA Religions: mainland: Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 40% Languages: English (official), Tahitian/English dialect Literacy: total population: 68.69 years male: 57.69 years female: 76.97 years (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.99 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Net migration rate: 2.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $28.1 billion (1992 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8% (1988) Unemployment rate: NA% National product per capita: $555 (1991 est.) National product real growth rate: -0.6% (1991) National product real growth rate: -18% (1991 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 14.3% (1991) Unemployment rate: 9% (1992 est.) Electricity: 99,000,000 kW capacity; 760 million kWh produced, 45 kWh per capita (1992) Industries: aluminum, zinc, lead, natural gas, bauxite Land use: arable land: 49.1% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: 8% forest and woodland: 29% other: 13% Irrigated land: 900 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: deforestation Note: landlocked *Zambia, People Population: 10,370,269 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: -18% (1991 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA% Unemployment rate: 7% (1992) Budget: revenues $1.4 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $848 million; OPEC bilateral aid

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