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Population: 4,657,542 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 14.4% (male 348,382/female 324,050) 15-64 years: 76.7% (male 1,737,972/female 1,833,415) 65 years and over: 8.9% (male 184,393/female 229,330) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 39 years male: 38.5 years female: 39.4 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.998% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 4.53 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 5.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 2.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 81.98 years male: 79.37 years female: 84.78 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.09 children born/woman (2009 est.)

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

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 4,200 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 200 (2007 est.)

Nationality: noun: Singaporean(s) adjective: Singapore

Ethnic groups: Chinese 76.8%, Malay 13.9%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4% (2000 census)

Religions: Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census)

Languages: Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% (2000 census)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.5% male: 96.6% female: 88.6% (2000 census)