Germany People 2008

Population:
82,400,996 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 13.9% (male 5,894,724/female 5,590,373)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male 27,811,357/female 26,790,222)
65 years and over: 19.8% (male 6,771,972/female 9,542,348) (2007 est.)

Median age:
total: 43 years
male: 41.8 years
female: 44.3 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
-0.033% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
8.2 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
10.71 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.054 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.038 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.966 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 4.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.95 years
male: 75.96 years
female: 82.11 years (2007 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
1.4 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
43,000 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 1,000 (2003 est.)

Nationality:
noun: German(s)
adjective: German

Ethnic groups:
German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)

Religions:
Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%

Languages:
German

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)