such activities and investment took stronger hold. National product: GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $42.4 billion (1992) National product real growth rate: 1.81% (1993 est.) Birth rate: 17.82 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Death rate: 15.22 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77%
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