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
female: 81.09 years (2002 est.)
male: 74.64 years

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%

NOTE: The information regarding Germany on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Germany People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Germany People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.