Grækenland

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Population: 11 041 100 (Jan 2004 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 16%

15-64 years: 67%

65 years and over: 17%

Population growth rate: 0.43% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 9.65 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 9.37 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 4.0 deaths/1 000 of children under 1 year of age during the year to the number of live births in that year (2003 est.)

Net migration rate: 3.2 migrant(s)/1 000 population (2003 est.)

Acquisition of citizenship: 807 (1998)

Tertiary education students: 561 500 (2003)

Median age in tertiary education: 20.7 (2003)

Total expenditure on education: 3.96% of GDP (2002)

Total expenditure on social protection: 26.6% (2002)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 7.26 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 78.31 years

male: 75.76 years

female: 81.04 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.31 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Greek(s)

adjective: Greek

Ethnic groups: Greek 98% other 2%

note: the Greek Government states there are no ethnic divisions in Greece

Religions: Greek Orthodox 98% Muslim 1.3% other 0.7%

Languages: Greek (official). English widely spoken, especially by the youth; most common secondary foreign languages include French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 95%

male: 98%

female: 93% (1991 est.)