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World People 2016
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World People 2016
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on February 11, 2016

Languages:
Mandarin Chinese 11.82%, Spanish 5.77%, English 4.67%, Hindi 3.62%, Arabic 3.3%, Portuguese 2.83%, Bengali 2.69%, Russian 2.33%, Japanese 1.7%, Javanese 1.15%, Standard German 1.09% (2014 est.)
note 1: percents are for "first language" speakers only; the six UN languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, and Spanish (Castilian) - are the mother tongue or second language of about half of the world's population, and are the official languages in more than half the states in the world; some 150 to 200 languages have more than a million speakers
note 2: all told, there are an estimated 7,100 languages spoken in the world; approximately 80% of these languages are spoken by less than 100,000 people; about 140 languages are spoken by less than 10 people; communities that are isolated from each other in mountainous regions often develop multiple languages; Papua New Guinea, for example, boasts about 839 separate languages
note 3: approximately 2,300 languages are spoken in Asia, 2,140, in Africa, 1,300 in the Pacific, 1,060 in the Americas, and 280 in Europe (2015)

Religions:
Christian 31.4%, Muslim 23.2%, Hindu 15%, Buddhist 7.1%, folk religions 5.9%, Jewish 0.2%, other 0.8%, unaffiliated 16.4% (2010 est.)

Population:
7,256,490,011 (July 2015 est.)
top ten most populous countries (in millions): China 1361.51; India 1251.70; United States 321.36; Indonesia 255.99; Brazil 204.26; Pakistan 199.09; Nigeria 181.56; Bangladesh 168.96; Russia 142.42; Japan 126.92
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 25.64% (male 962,504,434/female 897,959,144)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 16.34% (male 610,915,870/female 574,498,881)
[see also: Age structure 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 40.98% (male 1,502,925,383/female 1,470,748,023)
[see also: Age structure 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 8.56% (male 303,057,587/female 317,738,739)
[see also: Age structure 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 8.49% (male 274,517,510/female 341,624,440) (2015 est.)
[see also: Age structure 65 years and over country ranks ]
population pyramid: population pyramid
A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.

For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page under the References tab.

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 52.3%
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 39.7%
[see also: Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio country ranks ]
elderly dependency ratio: 12.6%
[see also: Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio country ranks ]
potential support ratio: 7.9% (2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - potential support ratio country ranks ]

Median age:
total: 29.9 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 29.1 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 30.6 years (2015 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]

Population growth rate:
1.08%
note: this rate results in about 149 net additions to the worldwide population every minute or 2.5 every second (2015 est.)
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]

Birth rate:
18.6 births/1,000 population
note: this rate results in about 256 worldwide births per minute or 4.3 births every second (2015 est.)
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]

Death rate:
7.8 deaths/1,000 population
note: this rate results in about 108 worldwide deaths per minute or 1.8 deaths every second (2015 est.)
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]

Urbanization:
urban population: 54% of total population (2015)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 2.05% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
ten largest urban agglomerations: Tokyo (Japan) - 38,001,000; New Delhi (India) - 25,703,000; Shanghai (China) - 23,741,000; Sao Paulo (Brazil) - 21,066,000; Mumbai (India) - 21,043,000; Mexico City (Mexico) - 20,999,000; Beijing (China) - 20,384,000; Osaka (Japan) - 20,238,000; Cairo (Egypt) - 18,772,000; New York-Newark (US) - 18,593,000 (2015)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

Maternal mortality rate:
216 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 35.4 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male: 37.3 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 33.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 68.7 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total country ranks ]
male: 66.7 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 70.8 years (2015 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]

Total fertility rate:
2.42 children born/woman (2015 est.)
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
2.9 beds/1,000 population (2005)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

Drinking water source:
improved: urban: 96.5% of population rural: 84.7% of population total: 91.1% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - Improved - total country ranks ]
unimproved: urban: 3.5% of population rural: 15.3% of population total: 8.9% of population (2015 est.)

Sanitation facility access:
improved: urban: 82.3% of population rural: 50.5% of population total: 67.7% of population
[see also: Sanitation facility access - Total Improved country ranks ]
unimproved: urban: 17.7% of population rural: 49.5% of population total: 32.3% of population (2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.79% (2014 est.)
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
36,872,500 (2014 est.)
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
1,181,700 (2014 est.)
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.1%
[see also: Literacy - total country ranks ]
male: 89.9%
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 82.2% (2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
note: more than three-quarters of the world's 781 million illiterate adults are found in South and West Asia and sub-Saharan Africa; of all the illiterate adults in the world, almost two-thirds are women (2012)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 12 years
[see also: School life expectancy - total country ranks ]
male: 12 years
[see also: School life expectancy - male country ranks ]
female: 12 years (2012)


[see also: School life expectancy - female country ranks ]

NOTE: The information regarding World on this page is re-published from the 2016 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of World People 2016 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about World People 2016 should be addressed to the CIA.




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