The People of European Union
The People of European Union
People
Population: 491,582,852 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.44% (male 38,975,981/female 36,925,704) 15-64 years: 67.22% (male 166,277,341/female 164,183,829) 65 years and over: 17.34% (male 35,372,684/female 49,847,313) (2009 est.)
Median age: note - see individual country entries of member states (2009 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.108% (2009 est.)
Death rate: 10.28 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 5.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.67 years male: 75.54 years female: 81.97 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.51 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: note - see individual country entries of member states
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: note - see individual country entries of member states
HIV/AIDS - deaths: note - see individual country entries of member states
Nationality:
Ethnic groups:
Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish
Languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish note: only official languages are listed; German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken mother tongue - over 19% of the EU population; English is the most widely spoken language - about 49% of the EU population is conversant with it (2007)
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