Germany Demographics Profile 2002

Population

83,251,851 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 15.4% (male 6,568,699; female 6,227,148)
15-64 years: 67.6% (male 28,606,964; female 27,695,539)
65 years and over: 17% (male 5,546,140; female 8,607,361) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate

0.26% (2002 est.)

Birth rate

8.99 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate

10.36 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate

3.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate

4.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 77.78 years
male: 74.64 years
female: 81.09 years (2002 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.39 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.1% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

37,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

600 (1999 est.)

Nationality

noun: German(s)
adjective: German

Ethnic groups

German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Serbo-Croatian, Italian, Russian, Greek, Polish, 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% (1977 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%