European Union Demographics Profile 2007

Population

490,426,060 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 15.72% (male 37,208,905/female 35,254,445)
15-64 years: 67.16% (male 155,807,769/female 153,690,235)
65 years and over: 17.11% (male 32,592,595/female 46,273,197) (2007 est.)

Median age

NA

Population growth rate

0.16% (2007 est.)

Birth rate

10 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate

10 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate

1.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: NA
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 4.8 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 78.7 years
male: 75.6 years
female: 82 years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.5 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths

NA

Religions

Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish

Languages

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