European Union Demographics Profile 2009

Population

491,582,852 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 15.44% (male 38,975,981/female 36,925,704)
15-64 years: 67.22% (male 166,277,341/female 164,183,829)
65 years and over: 17.34% (male 35,372,684/female 49,847,313) (2009 est.)

Median age

note - see individual country entries of member states (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

0.108% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

9.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

10.28 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Net migration rate

1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio

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 (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 5.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.38 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 78.67 years
male: 75.54 years
female: 81.97 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.51 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

note - see individual country entries of member states

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

note - see individual country entries of member states

HIV/AIDS - deaths

note - see individual country entries of member states

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; 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)