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Population: 40,525,002 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 14.5% (male 3,021,822/female 2,842,597) 15-64 years: 67.4% (male 13,705,107/female 13,601,399) 65 years and over: 18.1% (male 3,071,394/female 4,282,683) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 41.1 years male: 39.7 years female: 42.5 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.072% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 9.9 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 4.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.05 years male: 76.74 years female: 83.57 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.31 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.5% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 140,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 2,300 (2007 est.)

Nationality: noun: Spaniard(s) adjective: Spanish

Ethnic groups: composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types

Religions: Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%

Languages: Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, are official regionally

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.9% male: 98.7% female: 97.2% (2003 est.)