People

German: 39 133 996 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 15% (male 3 057 919; female 2 879 109)

15-64 years: 69% (male 13 407 270; female 13 408 685)

65 years and over: 16% (male 2 651 149; female 3 729 864) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.08% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 9.73 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 9.62 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.66 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

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

65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 6.51 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 77.56 years

male: 73.78 years

female: 81.59 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.21 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Spaniard(s)

adjective: Spanish

Ethnic groups: composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types

Religions: Roman Catholic 99% other 1%

Languages: Castilian Spanish 74% Catalan 17% Galician 7% Basque 2%