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The People of Nicaragua

Nicaraguan People

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Population: 5,891,199 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 33.8% (male 1,013,866/female 976,430) 15-64 years: 62.9% (male 1,847,756/female 1,857,264) 65 years and over: 3.3% (male 85,782/female 110,101) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 22.1 years male: 21.7 years female: 22.5 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.784% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 4.33 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 25.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.5 years male: 69.35 years female: 73.75 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.57 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 7,700 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 500 (2007 est.)

Nationality: noun: Nicaraguan(s) adjective: Nicaraguan

Ethnic groups: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%

Religions: Roman Catholic 58.5%, Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 1.7%, none 15.7% (2005 census)

Languages: Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census) note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.5% male: 67.2% female: 67.8% (2003 est.)