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Introduction - Portugal: | Location - Portugal: | People - Portugal: | Population | 10,642,836 (July 2007 est.) | | Age structure | 0-14 years: 16.5% (male 914,480/female 837,525)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male 3,501,206/female 3,551,706)
65 years and over: 17.3% (male 757,220/female 1,080,699) (2007 est.) | | Median age | total: 38.8 years
male: 36.7 years
female: 41 years (2007 est.) | | Population growth rate | 0.334% (2007 est.) | | Birth rate | 10.59 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Death rate | 10.56 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Net migration rate | 3.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Sex ratio | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.092 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.986 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.701 male(s)/female
total population: 0.946 male(s)/female (2007 est.) | | Infant mortality rate | total: 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.38 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) | | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 77.87 years
male: 74.6 years
female: 81.36 years (2007 est.) | | Total fertility rate | 1.48 children born/woman (2007 est.) | | Hiv aids adult prevalence rate | 0.4% (2001 est.) | | Hiv aids people living with hiv aids | 22,000 (2001 est.) | | Hiv aids deaths | less than 1,000 (2003 est.) | | 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.) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |