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Polish People

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Population: 38,482,919 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 15% (male 2,964,995/female 2,802,278) 15-64 years: 71.6% (male 13,713,078/female 13,845,251) 65 years and over: 13.4% (male 1,966,406/female 3,190,911) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 37.9 years male: 36.1 years female: 39.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.047% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 9.99 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.47 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: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.52 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.63 years male: 71.65 years female: 79.85 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.28 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 20,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 200 (2007 est.)

Nationality: noun: Pole(s) adjective: Polish

Ethnic groups: Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 2.7% (2002 census)

Religions: Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002)

Languages: Polish 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2% (2002 census)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2003 est.)