_#_Net migration rate: - 1 migrant/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 60 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 60 years male, 65 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 4.7 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun—Nicaraguan(s); adjective—Nicaraguan

_#_Ethnic divisions: mestizo 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Indian 5%

_#_Religion: Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant 5%

_#_Language: Spanish (official); English- and Indian-speaking minorities on Atlantic coast

_#_Literacy: 57% (male 57%, female 57%) age 15 and over can read and write (1971)

_#_Labor force: 1,086,000; service 43%, agriculture 44%, industry 13% (1986)