Croatia:
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Population	4,493,312 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 16% (male 368,639/female 349,703) 15-64 years: 67.1% (male 1,499,354/female 1,515,932) 65 years and over: 16.9% (male 292,526/female 467,158) (2007 est.)
Median Age	total: 40.6 years male: 38.6 years female: 42.3 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate	-0.035% (2007 est.)
Birth rate	9.63 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate	11.57 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate	1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.054 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.989 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.626 male(s)/female total population: 0.926 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 74.9 years male: 71.26 years female: 78.75 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate	1.41 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	200 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	less than 10 (2001 est.)
Nationality	noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s) adjective: Croatian
Ethnic groups	Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census)
Religions	Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
Languages	Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.1% male: 99.3% female: 97.1% (2001 census)