15-64 years: 72.3% (male 17,897,053/female 17,196,840)

65 years and over: 10.8% (male 2,104,589/female 3,144,393) (2009 est.)

Median age:

total: 37.3 years

male: 36 years

female: 38.5 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.266% (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 178

Birth rate:

8.93 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 212