to periodic cyclones Note: navigational hazard *Spratly Islands, People Population: 3,987,240 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 1.05% (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.82 children born/woman (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.81 children born/woman (1993 est.) Birth rate: 42.59 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 97 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Net migration rate: -6.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.) Death rate: 7.66 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Beninese (singular and plural) adjective: French Ethnic divisions: mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1% Religions: Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim 20%, Christian 10% Languages: French (official), Comoran (a
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