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Demographics of Portugal

Population: 10,102,022 (July 2003 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 16.8% (male 874,198; female 825,742)
15-64 years: 67.2% (male 3,326,957; female 3,461,425)
65 years and over: 16% (male 651,697; female 962,003) (2003 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.17% (2003 est.)

Birth rate: 11.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate: 10.21 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 5.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.35 years
male: 72.86 years
female: 80.07 years (2003 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.49 children born/woman (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

Religions: Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)

Languages: Portuguese. Also Mirandês (Mirandese language) in the area of Miranda de Douro.

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.3%
male: 95.5%
female: 91.3%

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