Population: 23,494 (July 1991), growth rate 3.4% (1991)

Birth rate: 43 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 3 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 17 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 65 years male, 70 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 5.8 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: undetermined

Ethnic divisions: Chamorro majority; Carolinians and other Micronesians; Spanish, German, Japanese admixtures

Religion: Christian with a Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found

Language: English, but Chamorro and Carolinian are also spoken in the home and taught in school

Literacy: 96% (male 97%, female 96%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Labor force: 12,788 local; 18,799 foreign workers (1990 est.)

Organized labor: NA

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