Population: 5,419,643,132 (July 1991), growth rate 1.7% (1991)

Birth rate: 26 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 66 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 61 years male, 65 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 3.3 children born/woman (1991)

Literacy: 74% (male 81%, female 67%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Labor force: 2.2 billion (1991)

Organized labor: NA

NOTE: The information regarding World on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of World People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about World People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.