PolandPeople

Population:	38,635,144 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:	0-14 years: 16.7% (male 3,319,176/female 3,150,859) 15-64 years: 70.3% (male 13,506,153/female 13,638,265) 65 years and over: 13% (male 1,912,431/female 3,108,260) (2005 est.)
Median age:	total: 36.43 years male: 34.52 years female: 38.49 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:	0.03% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:	10.78 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:	10.01 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:	-0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:	at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate:	total: 8.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:	total population: 74.41 years male: 70.3 years female: 78.76 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate:	1.39 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:	0.1% ; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:	14,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:	100 (2001 est.)
Nationality:	noun: Pole(s) adjective: Polish
Ethnic groups:	Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 2.7% (2002 census)
Religions:	Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002)
Languages:	Polish 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2% (2002 census)
Literacy:	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2003 est.)

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