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People of Turks and Caicos

source: CIA World Fact Book 1997

Population: 14,631 (July 1997 est.)

Age structure:

Population growth rate: 1.88% (1997 est.)

Birth rate: 12.3 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate: 5.14 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate: 11.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 12.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

Total fertility rate: 1.78 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nationality:

Ethnic groups: black

Religions: Baptist 41.2%, Methodist 18.9%, Anglican 18.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.7%, other 19.9% (1980)

Languages: English (official)

Literacy:
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