Population: 144,928 (July 1991), growth rate 2.8% (1991)

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

Death rate: 4 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 5 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 12 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 70 years male, 75 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 3.0 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Guamanian(s); adjective--Guamanian

Ethnic divisions: Chamorro 47%, Filipino 25%, Caucasian 10%, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other 18%

Religion: Roman Catholic 98%, other 2%

Language: English and Chamorro, most residents bilingual; Japanese also widely spoken

Literacy: 96% (male 96%, female 96%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Labor force: 54,000; government 42%, private 58% (1988)

Organized labor: 13% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Guam 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 Guam People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guam People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.