Population: 6,379,157,361 (July 2004 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 28.2% (male 925,276,767; female 875,567,830) 15-64 years: 64.5% (male 2,083,789,165; female 2,033,226,759) 65 years and over: 7.2% (male 203,286,504; female 257,705,851) note: some countries do not maintain age structure information, thus a slight discrepancy exists between the total world population and the total for world age structure (2004 est.)

Median age:

Population growth rate: 1.14% (2004 est.)

Death rate: 8.86 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Net migration rate:

Sex ratio: At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

Infant mortality rate: Total: 50.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 52.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: Total population: 64.05 years male: 62.48 years female: 65.7 years (2004 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.62 children born/woman (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

Nationality:

Ethnic groups:

Religions: Christians 32.71% (of which Roman Catholics 17.28%, Protestants 5.61%, Orthodox 3.49%, Anglicans 1.31%), Muslims 19.67%, Hindus 13.28%, Buddhists 5.84%, Sikhs 0.38%, Jews 0.23%, other religions 13.05%, non-religious 12.43%, atheists 2.41% (2002 est.)

Languages: Chinese, Mandarin 14.37%, Hindi 6.02%, English 5.61%, Spanish 5.59%, Bengali 3.4%, Portuguese 2.63%, Russian 2.75%, Japanese 2.06%, German, Standard 1.64%, Korean 1.28%, French 1.27% (2000 est.) note: percents are for "first language" speakers only

Literacy: Definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 77% male: 83% female: 71% (1995 est.)