Spain - People

Age Structure: 
0-14 years: 14.4% (male 3,005,818/female 2,826,805)
15-64 years: 67.8% (male 13,758,869/female 13,661,295)
65 years and over: 17.8% (male 3,002,585/female 4,192,819) (2007 est.)

Median Age: 
total: 40.3 years
male: 39 years
female: 41.7 years (2007 est.)

Population Growth Rate: 0.116% (2007 est.)

Birth Rate: 9.98 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death Rate: 9.81 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net Migration rate: 0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex Ratio: 
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.063 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.007 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.716 male(s)/female
total population: 0.956 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate: 
total: 4.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life Expectancy at birth: 
total population: 79.78 years
male: 76.46 years
female: 83.32 years (2007 est.)

Total Fertility Rate: 1.29 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.7% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 140,000 (2001 est.)

Nationality: 
noun: Spaniard(s)
adjective: Spanish

Ethnic Groups: composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types

Religions: Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%

Languages: Castilian Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%; note - Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally

Literacy: 
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 98.7%
female: 97.2% (2003 est.)

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook.