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Population: 4,489,409 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.6% (male 358,360/female 340,098) 15-64 years: 67.5% (male 1,506,364/female 1,522,789) 65 years and over: 17% (male 295,960/female 465,838) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 41 years male: 39.1 years female: 42.8 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.052% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 11.66 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 6.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.42 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.35 years male: 71.72 years female: 79.18 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.42 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 200 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 10 (2001 est.)

Nationality: noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s) adjective: Croatian

Ethnic groups: Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census)

Religions: Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)

Languages: Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.1% male: 99.3% female: 97.1% (2001 census)