Population: 859,336 (July 1991), growth rate 2.7% (1991)

Birth rate: 44 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 12 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

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

Infant mortality rate: 101 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 51 years male, 59 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 6.2 children born/woman (1991)

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

Ethnic divisions: African 97%, European 3%

Religion: Christian 60%, indigenous beliefs 40%

Language: English and siSwati (official); government business conducted in English

Literacy: 55% (male 57%, female 54%) age 15 and over can read and write (1976)

Labor force: 195,000; over 60,000 engaged in subsistence agriculture; about 92,000 wage earners (many only intermittently), with agriculture and forestry 36%, community and social services 20%, manufacturing 14%, construction 9%, other 21%; 24,000-29,000 employed in South Africa (1987)

Organized labor: about 10% of wage earners

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