_#_Net migration rate: 4 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 73 years male, 79 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 1.4 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun—German(s); adjective—German

_#_Ethnic divisions: primarily German; small Danish and Slavic minorities

_#_Religion: Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 37%, unaffiliated or other 18%

_#_Language: German

_#_Literacy: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)

_#_Labor force: 36,750,000; industry 41%, agriculture 6%, other 53% (1987)