Venezuela People 2008

Population:
26,023,528 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 31.6% (male 4,169,979/female 4,046,170)
15-64 years: 63.4% (male 8,120,661/female 8,369,065)
65 years and over: 5.1% (male 586,863/female 730,790) (2007 est.)

Median age:
total: 24.9 years
male: 24.3 years
female: 25.5 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.486% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
21.22 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
5.08 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
-1.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.031 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.803 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 22.52 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.14 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.28 years
male: 70.24 years
female: 76.48 years (2007 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
2.55 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.7%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
110,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
4,100 (2003 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Venezuelan(s)
adjective: Venezuelan

Ethnic groups:
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people

Religions:
nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%

Languages:
Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects