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derived from, or attributable to, an investment in the confederation; foregn investors have become edgy. National product: GNP - purchasing power equivalent - $145.6 billion (1992) National product real growth rate: 2.3% (1991 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.6% (1991) Unemployment rate: 2.4% (1988) National product per capita: $1,000 (1989 est.) National product real growth rate: 4% (1991 est.) National product real growth rate: 2.46% (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.77 years male: 62.59 years female: 67.63 years (1993 est.) Death rate: 19.39 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 5.88 children born/woman (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 6.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 57.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 34% male: 47% female: 21% Labor force: 5.389 million by occupation: services 50.1%, manufacturing and construction 42%, agriculture 31%, industry 27% *Brazil, Government President: runoff election on 4 November 1972, effective 16 July 1979); Vice President Albert GORE, Jr. (since 20 January 1993) Member of: ACCT (associate), ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA,

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