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New Zealand People 1996

Population:

3,407,277 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

23% (female 381,027; male 401,285)

15-64 years:

65% (female 1,109,402; male 1,111,079)

65 years and over:

12% (female 234,339; male 170,145) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.52% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

15.14 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

8.03 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

-1.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

8.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

76.65 years

male:

73.08 years

female:

80.42 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.99 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

New Zealander(s)

adjective:

New Zealand

Ethnic divisions:

European 88%, Maori 8.9%, Pacific Islander 2.9%, other 0.2%

Religions:

Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist 5%, Baptist 2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 33% (1986)

Languages:

English (official), Maori

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)

total population:

99%

Labor force:

1,603,500 (June 1991)

by occupation:

services 66.6%, industry 22.6%, agriculture 10.8% (1992)

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