Belgium - People

Age structure:
0-14 years: 16.5% (male 873,130/female 836,785)
15-64 years: 66.1% (male 3,467,044/female 3,406,030)
65 years and over: 17.4% (male 746,969/female 1,062,268) (2007 est.)

Median age:  
total: 41.1 years
male: 39.9 years
female: 42.4 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.12% (2007 est.)

Birth rate: 10.29 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate: 10.32 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio: 
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.043 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.018 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.703 male(s)/female
total population: 0.959 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:  
total: 4.56 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.13 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:  
total population: 78.92 years
male: 75.75 years
female: 82.24 years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.64 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 10,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (2003 est.)

Nationality: noun: Belgian(s)
adjective: Belgian

Ethnic groups: Fleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11%

Religions: Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%

Languages: Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook January 2008.