Swaziland People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 692,00U(July 1986), average annual growth rate 3.0%

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

Ethnic divisions: 96% African, 3% European, 1% mulatto

Religion: 57% Christian, 43% indigenous beliefs

Language: English and siSwati (official); government business conducted in English

Infant mortality rate: 156/1,000(1982)

Life expectancy: men 46.8, women 50.0

Literacy: 65%

Labor force: 195,000; over 60,000 engaged in subsistence agriculture; 55,000-6·· 000 wage earners, many only intermittently, with 36% agriculture and forestry, 20% community and social services, 14% manufacturing, 9% construction, 21% other; 12,000 employed in South Africa (1982)

Organized labor: about 15% of wage earners are unionized

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