Age structure: 0-14 years: 16% (male 6,679,930; female 6,333,110) 15-64 years: 68% (male 28,638,814; female 27,693,630) 65 years and over: 16% (male 5,133,121; female 8,318,803) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.29% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 9.35 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 10.49 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 4.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 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: | 0.62 male(s)/female |
| total population: | 0.96 male(s)/female (2000 est.) |
Infant mortality rate: 4.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: | 77.44 years |
| male: | 74.3 years |
| female: | 80.75 years (2000 est.) |
Total fertility rate: 1.38 children born/woman (2000 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. There is a Danish minority in the most northern state (Schleswig-Holstein) and a Sorbic minority in Saxony.
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%
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