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Population:
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491,018,683 (July 2008 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 15.7% (male 37,208,905/female 35,254,445)
15-64 years: 67.2% (male 155,807,769/female 153,690,235)
65 years and over: 17.1% (male 32,592,595/female 46,273,197) (2008 est.)
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Median age:
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note - see individual country entries of member states
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Population growth rate:
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0.11% (2008 est.)
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Birth rate:
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10.25 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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Death rate:
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10.39 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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1.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 6.38 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.23 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 77.32 years
male: 74 years
female: 80.84 years (2008 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.5 children born/woman (2008 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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note - see individual country entries of member states
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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note - see individual country entries of member states
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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note - see individual country entries of member states
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Religions:
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Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish
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Languages:
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Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish
note: only official languages are listed; German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken mother tongue - over 19% of the EU population; English is the most widely spoken language - about 49% of the EU population is conversant with it (2007)
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