Population 82,079,454 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 16% (male 6,570,582; female 6,240,671)
15-64 years: 68% (male 28,688,052; female 27,532,099)
65 years and over: 16% (male 4,866,122; female 8,181,928) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 0.02% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 8.84 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 10.77 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate 2.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.59 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 5.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 76.99 years
male: 73.83 years
female: 80.33 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 1.25 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality
noun: German(s)
adjective: German

Ethnic groups German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, Italians 0.7%, Greeks 0.4%, Poles 0.4%, other 4.6% (made up largely of people fleeing the war in the former Yugoslavia)

Religions Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 1.7%, unaffiliated or other 26.3%

Languages German

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (1977 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%

NOTE: The information regarding Germany on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Germany People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Germany People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.