German Democratic Republic People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 16,692,000, including East Berlin (July 1986), average annual growth rate 0%

Nationality: noun—German(s), adjective— German

Ethnic divisions: 99.7% German, 0.3%

Slavic and other

Religion: 47% Protestant, 7% Roman Catholic, 46% unaffiliated or other; less than 5% of Protestants and about 25% of Roman Catholics active participants

Language: German, Sorbian

Infant mortality rate: 10/1,000(1984)

Life expectancy: men 68.8, women 74.7

Literacy: 99%

Labor forc e: 8.916 million; 37.9% industry, 20.8% services, 10.1% commerce, 10.8% ag ricnlture, 7.4% transport and communications, 6.9% construction, 3.1% handicrafts, 3.0% other (1984)

Organized labor: 87.7% of total lalw force

NOTE: The information regarding German Democratic Republic on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of German Democratic Republic 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about German Democratic Republic 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.