The WORLD 2008 CIA World Factbook

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clipped from www.cia.gov Population: 6,677,563,921 (July 2008 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 27% (male 933,716,943/female 877,734,429) 15-64 years: 65% (male 2,205,342,972/female 2,153,959,605) 65 years and over: 8% (male 222,346,221/female 284,463,751) (2008 est.) Median age: total: male: 27.4 years female: 28.7 years (2008 est.) Population growth rate: 1.159% (2008 est.) Birth rate: 19.97 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) Death rate: 8.32 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2008 est.) Religions: Languages: Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 82% male: 87% female: 77% note: over two-thirds of the world's 785 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries Government 266 nations, dependent areas, and other entities Internet users: 1,018,057,389 (2005)