stations employ INTELSAT, INMARSAT, and EUTELSAT systems; tropospheric links eastern: badly needs modernization; 3,970,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 5 AM, no FM, 3 TV; 3 submarine coaxial cables; 2 satellite earth stations - 2 Indian Ocean *Maldives, People Population: 3,175,050 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 1.61% (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 26.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 6.9 deaths/1,000 live
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