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Page last updated on January 13, 2011
Population:
6,768,181,146 (July 2010 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]
Age structure:
0-14 years: 27% (male 944,987,919/female 884,268,378)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-64 years:
65.3% (male 2,234,860,865/female 2,187,838,153)
[see also: Age structure - 15-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over:
7.6% (male 227,164,176/female 289,048,221) (2010 est.)
[see also: Age structure - 65 years and over country ranks ]
Median age:
total: 28.4 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
27.7 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female:
29 years (2009 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
Population growth rate:
1.133% (2009 est.)
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
Birth rate:
19.86 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
Death rate:
8.37 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.)
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
Urbanization:
urban population: 50.5% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
1.85% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
ten largest urban agglomerations:
Tokyo (Japan) - 36,669,000; Delhi (India) - 22,157,000; Sao Paulo (Brazil) - 20,262,000; Mumbai (India) - 20,041,000; Mexico City (Mexico) - 19,460,000; New York-Newark (US) - 19,425,000; Shanghai (China) - 16,575,000; Kolkata (India) - 15,552,000; Dhaka (Bangladesh) - 14,648,000; Karachi (Pakistan) - 13,125,000 (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years:
1.07 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - under 15 years country ranks ]
15-64 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over:
0.79 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
Infant mortality rate:
total: 44.13 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male:
46.19 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female:
41.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 66.12 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total population country ranks ]
male:
64.29 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female:
68.07 years (2009 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
Total fertility rate:
2.56 children born/woman (2009 est.)
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.8% (2007 est.)
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
33 million (2007 est.)
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
2 million (2007 est.)
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
Religions:
Christians 33.32% (of which Roman Catholics 16.99%, Protestants 5.78%, Orthodox 3.53%, Anglicans 1.25%), Muslims 21.01%, Hindus 13.26%, Buddhists 5.84%, Sikhs 0.35%, Jews 0.23%, Baha'is 0.12%, other religions 11.78%, non-religious 11.77%, atheists 2.32% (2007 est.)
Languages:
Mandarin Chinese 12.65%, Spanish 4.93%, English 4.91%, Arabic 3.31%, Hindi 2.73%, Bengali 2.71%, Portuguese 2.67%, Russian 2.16%, Japanese 1.83%, Standard German 1.35%, Javanese 1.27% (2008 est.)
note:
percents are for "first language" speakers only
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
82%
[see also: Literacy - total population country ranks ]
male:
87%
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female:
77%
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
note:
over two-thirds of the world's 785 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries (Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Pakistan); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, the Arab states, South and West Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, where around one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding World on this page is re-published from the 2011 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of World People 2011 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about World People 2011 should be addressed to the CIA.
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