Geography - note: strategic location on North European Plain and along the entrance to the Baltic Sea
@Germany:People
Population: 82,071,765 (July 1997 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 16% (male 6,652,245; female 6,315,479) 15-64 years: 68% (male 28,649,361; female 27,498,980) 65 years and over: 16% (male 4,772,547; female 8,183,153) (July 1997 est.)
Population growth rate: 0% (1997 est.)
Birth rate: 8.98 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Death rate: 10.82 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth : 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.58 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (1997 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 5.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)