Greece:
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Population	10,706,290 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 14.3% (male 789,637/female 742,535) 15-64 years: 66.7% (male 3,565,237/female 3,570,630) 65 years and over: 19% (male 895,384/female 1,142,867) (2007 est.)
Median Age	total: 41.2 years male: 40 years female: 42.3 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate	0.163% (2007 est.)
Birth rate	9.62 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate	10.33 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate	2.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.063 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.998 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.783 male(s)/female total population: 0.962 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 5.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 79.38 years male: 76.85 years female: 82.06 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate	1.35 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	0.2% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	9,100 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	less than 100 (2003 est.)
Nationality	noun: Greek(s) adjective: Greek
Ethnic groups	population: Greek 93%, other (foreign citizens) 7% (2001 census) note: percents represent citizenship, since Greece does not collect data on ethnicity
Religions	Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Languages	Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96% male: 97.8% female: 94.2% (2001 census)