| Population: |
82,400,996 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 13.9% (male 5,894,724/female 5,590,373)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male 27,811,357/female 26,790,222)
65 years and over: 19.8% (male 6,771,972/female 9,542,348) (2007 est.) |
| Median age: |
total: 43 years
male: 41.8 years
female: 44.3 years (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
-0.033% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
8.2 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: |
10.71 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.054 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.038 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.966 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 4.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 78.95 years
male: 75.96 years
female: 82.11 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
1.4 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
43,000 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 1,000 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality: |
noun: German(s)
adjective: German |
| Ethnic groups: |
German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, 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%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
| People - note: |
second most populous country in Europe after Russia |