use: arable land: 4% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 4% forest and woodland: 0% other: 71% Irrigated land: 33,600 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: periodic devastating cyclones *Reunion, People Population: 17,827,204 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 3.41% (1993 est.) Death rate: 9.77 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 19.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Estonian(s) adjective: Estonian Ethnic divisions: black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 5.9% partners: former USSR, EC countries (mainly Italy and Germany), East European countries, US External debt: $7.7 billion (1992 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA% Unemployment rate: 2.4% (1991 est.) National product real growth rate: 0.55% (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 4.28 children born/woman (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: NA deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Death rate: 7.57 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Swede(s) adjective: Swedish Ethnic divisions: Creole (mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1% Religions: Islam 70% (5 legally recognized Islamic groups are active;
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