Population: 21,312 (July 1989), growth rate 2.3% (1989)

Birth rate: 42 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: - 13 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 17 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 65 years male, 70 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 5.6 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: undetermined

Ethnic divisions: Chamorro majority; Carolinians and other Micronesians; Spanish, German, Japanese admixtures

Religion: Christian with a Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found

Language: English, but Chamorro and Carolinian are also spoken in the home and taught in school

Literacy: NA%

Labor force: 17,533, including 10,000 foreign workers (1988 est.)

Organized labor: NA

NOTE: The information regarding Northern Mariana Islands on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Northern Mariana Islands People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Northern Mariana Islands People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.