Nicaragua People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 3,342,000 (July 1986), average

annual growth rate 3.3%

Nationality: noun—Nicaraguan(s); adjective—Nicaraguan

Ethnic divisions: 69% mestizo, 17% white, 9% black, 5% Indian

Religion: 95% Roman Catholic

Language: Spanish (official); English- and Indian-speaking minorities on Atlantic coast

Infant mortality rate: 84/1,000(1983)

Life expectancy: men 56, women 60

Literacy: 66%

Labor force: 1,047,000 (1985); 46% service, 41% agriculture, 13% industry; 22% unemployment

Organized labor: 35% of Nicaragua’s labor force is organized; of the seven confederations, five are Sandinista or Marxist oriented—the government-sponsored Sandinista Workers’ Central (CST), 115,000 members, including state and municipal employees; the Association of Campesino Workers (ATC), 130,000 members; the General Confederation of Independent Workers (CGI-I), approximately 15,(XX) members; the Work ers Front, about 100 members; and the Central for Labor Action and Unity (CAUS), about 3,000 members; the other two unions are the Nicaraguan Workers’ Central (CTN), 25,000 members, and the Confederation of Labor Unification (CUS), 50,000 members

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