Short facts about people of Germany

Population:

83,029,536 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  15.57% (male 6,635,328; female 6,289,994) 15-64 years:  67.82% (male 28,619,237; female 27,691,698) 65 years and over:  16.61% (male 5,336,664; female 8,456,615) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.27% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

9.16 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

10.42 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.63 male(s)/female total population:  0.96 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

4.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  77.61 years male:  74.47 years female:  80.92 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.38 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.1% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

37,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

600 (1999 est.)

Nationality:

noun:  German(s) adjective:  German

Ethnic groups:

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

Religions:

Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 1.7%, unaffiliated or other 26.3%

Languages:

German

Literacy:

definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  99% (1977 est.) male:  NA% female:  NA%

Source: World Factbook