9,045,389 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 16% (male 745,110/female 703,857) 15-64 years: 65.6% (male 3,008,148/female 2,928,930) 65 years and over: 18.3% (male 729,500/female 929,844) (2008 est.)

Median age:

total: 41.3 years male: 40.2 years female: 42.4 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.157% (2008 est.)

Birth rate:

10.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate: