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Slovak People

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Population: 5,463,046 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.8% (male 442,168/female 422,055) 15-64 years: 71.7% (male 1,952,527/female 1,965,646) 65 years and over: 12.5% (male 254,510/female 426,140) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 36.9 years male: 35.2 years female: 38.6 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.137% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 9.5 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.6 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 6.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.4 years male: 71.47 years female: 79.53 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.35 children born/woman (2009 est.)

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

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

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 100 (2001 est.)

Nationality: noun: Slovak(s) adjective: Slovak

Ethnic groups: Slovak 85.8%, Hungarian 9.7%, Roma 1.7%, Ruthenian/Ukrainian 1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)

Religions: Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none 13% (2001 census)

Languages: Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.7% female: 99.6% (2004)