Spain Demographics Profile 2008

Population

40,491,051 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.4% (male 3,011,815/female 2,832,788)
15-64 years: 67.6% (male 13,741,493/female 13,641,914)
65 years and over: 17.9% (male 3,031,597/female 4,231,444) (2008 est.)

Median age

total: 40.7 years
male: 39.3 years
female: 42.1 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

0.096% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

9.87 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

9.9 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 4.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 79.92 years
male: 76.6 years
female: 83.45 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.3 children born/woman (2008 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.7% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

140,000 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

less than 1,000 (2003 est.)

Nationality

noun: Spaniard(s)
adjective: Spanish

Ethnic groups

composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types

Religions

Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%

Languages

Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, are official regionally

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 98.7%
female: 97.2% (2003 est.)