Population 6,233,821,945 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 29.2% (male 932,581,592; female 885,688,851)
15-64 years: 63.7% (male 2,009,997,089; female 1,964,938,201)
65 years and over: 7.1% (male 193,549,180; female 247,067,032) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 1.23% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 21.16 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 8.93 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 51.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 63.94 years
female: 65.67 years (2002 est.)
male: 62.28 years

Total fertility rate 2.7 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate NA%

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths NA

Religions Christians 32.88% (of which Roman Catholics 17.39%, Protestants 5.62%, Orthodox 3.54%, Anglicans 1.31%), Muslims 19.54%, Hindus 13.34%, Buddhists 5.92%, Sikhs 0.38%, Jews 0.24%, other religions 12.6%, non-religious 12.63%, atheists 2.47% (2000 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.)

NOTE: The information regarding World on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of World People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about World People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.