Portugal People 2007

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.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

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)