Finland:
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Population	5,238,460 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 16.9% (male 449,548/female 433,253) 15-64 years: 66.7% (male 1,768,996/female 1,727,143) 65 years and over: 16.4% (male 344,798/female 514,722) (2007 est.)
Median Age	total: 41.6 years male: 40 years female: 43.1 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate	0.127% (2007 est.)
Birth rate	10.42 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate	9.93 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate	0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.038 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.024 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female total population: 0.958 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 3.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 78.66 years male: 75.15 years female: 82.31 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate	1.73 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	1,500 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	less than 100 (2003 est.)
Nationality	noun: Finn(s) adjective: Finnish
Ethnic groups	Finn 93.4%, Swede 5.7%, Russian 0.4%, Estonian 0.2%, Roma (Gypsy) 0.2%, Sami 0.1%
Religions	Lutheran Church of Finland 84.2%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003)
Languages	Finnish 92% (official), Swedish 5.6% (official), other 2.4% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2003)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2000 est.)