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Venezuela People 1996

Population:

21,004,773 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

35% (female 3,650,705; male 3,795,032)

15-64 years:

60% (female 6,350,466; male 6,313,887)

65 years and over:

5% (female 486,020; male 408,663) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.1% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

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

Death rate:

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

Net migration rate:

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

Infant mortality rate:

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

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

73.31 years

male:

70.48 years

female:

76.29 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.97 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Venezuelan(s)

adjective:

Venezuelan

Ethnic divisions:

mestizo 67%, white 21%, black 10%, Amerindian 2%

Religions:

nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%

Languages:

Spanish (official), native dialects spoken by about 200,000 Amerindians in the remote interior

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

total population:

90%

male:

91%

female:

89%

Labor force:

7.6 million

by occupation:

services 63%, industry 25%, agriculture 12% (1993)

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