65 years and over: 22.2% (male 11,964,694/female 16,243,419) (2009 est.)

Median age:

total: 44.2 years

male: 42.4 years

female: 46.1 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:

-0.191% (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 218

Birth rate:

7.64 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 222

Death rate: