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Population: 22,215,421 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.5% (male 1,772,583/female 1,681,539) 15-64 years: 69.7% (male 7,711,062/female 7,784,041) 65 years and over: 14.7% (male 1,332,120/female 1,934,076) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 37.7 years male: 36.3 years female: 39.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.147% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 11.84 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.13 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: 0.69 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 22.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.45 years male: 68.95 years female: 76.16 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.39 children born/woman (2009 est.)

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

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 15,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 350 (2001 est.)

Nationality: noun: Romanian(s) adjective: Romanian

Ethnic groups: Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002 census)

Religions: Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 86.8%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformate and Pentecostal) 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%, none 0.1% (2002 census)

Languages: Romanian 91% (official), Hungarian 6.7%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.1%, other 1.2%

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.3% male: 98.4% female: 96.3% (2002 census)