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Statistics - Portugal |
Population:
10,707,924 (July 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76
Age structure:
0-14 years: 16.3% (male 912,147/female 834,941)
15-64 years: 66.1% (male 3,525,717/female 3,554,513)
65 years and over: 17.6% (male 772,413/female 1,108,193) (2009 est.)
Median age:
total: 39.4 years
male: 37.3 years
female: 41.6 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.275% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 178
Birth rate:
10.29 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 191
Death rate:
10.68 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
Net migration rate:
3.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 28
Urbanization:
urban population: 59% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 195
male: 5.24 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.21 years
country comparison to the world: 47
male: 74.95 years
female: 81.69 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.49 children born/woman (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 187
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.5% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
34,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 69
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer than 500 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 89
Nationality:
noun: Portuguese (singular and plural)
adjective: Portuguese
Ethnic groups:
homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal
Religions:
Roman Catholic 84.5%, other Christian 2.2%, other 0.3%, unknown 9%, none 3.9% (2001 census)
Languages:
Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.3%
male: 95.5%
female: 91.3% (2003 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
Education expenditures:
5.5% of GDP (2005)
country comparison to the world: 50
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