New Zealand People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 3,305,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 1.0%

Nationality: noun—New Zealander(s); adjective—New Zealand

Ethnic divisions: 87% European, 9% Maori, 2% Pacific Islander, 2% other

Religion: 81% Christian, 18% none or unspecified, 1% Hindu Confucian, and other

Language: English (official), Maori

Infant mortality rate-12.5/1,000(1983)

Life expectancy: men 70.5, women 77 0

Literacy: 98%

Labor force: 1,371,000(1984); 22% manufacturing; 22% public service; 16% wholesale and retail trade; 10% agriculture.

bunting, and fishing; 8% transportation and communications; 7% finance; 5 7% registered unemployed (February 1984)

Organized labor-588,000 members, 48% of labor force (1981)

NOTE: The information regarding New Zealand 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 New Zealand 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Zealand 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.