Portugal - People

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.)

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook January 2008.