(1990) total population: 75.04 years male: 46.98 years female: 80.68 years (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 21.38 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Birth rate: 26.19 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.72 children born/woman Nationality: noun: Western Samoan(s) adjective: American Samoan Ethnic divisions: Somali 85%, Bantu, Arabs 30,000, Europeans 3,000, South Asians in southern regions; small European communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo) Languages: Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1981) total population: 99% male: NA% female: NA% Labor force: 8.63 million (September 1991) by occupation: agriculture and the
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