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Population: 10,707,924 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 16.3% (male 912,147/female 834,941) 15-64 years: 66.1% (male 3,525,717/female 3,554,513) 65 years and over: 17.6% (male 772,413/female 1,108,193) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 39.4 years male: 37.3 years female: 41.6 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.275% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 10.62 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 3.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.09 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.21 years male: 74.95 years female: 81.69 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.49 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.5% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 34,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 500 (2007 est.)

Nationality: noun: Portuguese (singular and plural) adjective: Portuguese

Ethnic groups: homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal

Religions: Roman Catholic 84.5%, other Christian 2.2%, other 0.3%, unknown 9%, none 3.9% (2001 census)

Languages: Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.3% male: 95.5% female: 91.3% (2003 est.)