Germany - People

Age structure:
0-14 years: 13.9% (male 5,894,724/female 5,590,373)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male 27,811,357/female 26,790,222)
65 years and over: 19.8% (male 6,771,972/female 9,542,348) (2007 est.)

Median age:  
total: 43 years
male: 41.8 years
female: 44.3 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.033% (2007 est.)

Birth rate: 8.2 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate: 10.71 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate: 2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio: 
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.054 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.038 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.966 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:  
total: 4.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:  
total population: 78.95 years
male: 75.96 years
female: 82.11 years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.4 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 43,000 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 1,000 (2003 est.)

Nationality: noun: German(s)
adjective: German

Ethnic groups: German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)

Religions: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%

Languages: German

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook January 2008.