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Population: 7,379,339 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.4% (male 586,806/female 549,900) 15-64 years: 67.8% (male 2,503,194/female 2,502,807) 65 years and over: 16.8% (male 508,606/female 728,026) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 41 years male: 39.3 years female: 42.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.468% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 13.86 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and above: 0.7 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 6.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.79 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.9 years male: 71.09 years female: 76.89 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.38 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 6,400 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 100 (2009 est.)

Nationality: noun: Serb(s) adjective: Serbian

Ethnic groups: Serb 82.9%, Hungarian 3.9%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.4%, Yugoslavs 1.1%, Bosniaks 1.8%, Montenegrin 0.9%, other 8% (2002 census)

Religions: Serbian Orthodox 85%, Catholic 5.5%, Protestant 1.1%, Muslim 3.2%, unspecified 2.6%, other, unknown, or atheist 2.6% (2002 census)

Languages: Serbian 88.3% (official), Hungarian 3.8%, Bosniak 1.8%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.1%, other 4.1%, unknown 0.9% (2002 census) note: Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Croatian all official in Vojvodina

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.4% male: 98.9% female: 94.1% (2003 census) note: includes Montenegro