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Venezuela
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Population:
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Age structure:
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Population growth rate:
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Birth rate:
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Death rate:
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Net migration rate:
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Infant mortality rate:
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Literacy:
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Labor force:
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21,004,773 (July 1995 est.)
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0-14 years:
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35% (female 3,650,705; male 3,795,032)
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15-64 years:
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60% (female 6,350,466; male 6,313,887)
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65 years and over:
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5% (female 486,020; male 408,663) (July 1995 est.)
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2.1% (1995 est.)
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25.11 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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4.57 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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0.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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26.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
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total population:
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73.31 years
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male:
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70.48 years
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female:
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76.29 years (1995 est.)
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2.97 children born/woman (1995 est.)
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noun:
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Venezuelan(s)
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adjective:
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Venezuelan
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mestizo 67%, white 21%, black 10%, Amerindian 2%
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nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%
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Spanish (official), native dialects spoken by about 200,000 Amerindians in
the remote interior
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age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
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total population:
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90%
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male:
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91%
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female:
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89%
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7.6 million
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by occupation:
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services 63%, industry 25%, agriculture 12% (1993)