| People | Nicaragua |
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Population:
 | 5,785,846 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
 | 49 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
 | 0-14 years: 34.6% (male 1,019,281/female 981,903) 15-64 years: 62.1% (male 1,792,398/female 1,803,133) 65 years and over: 3.3% (male 82,840/female 106,291) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
 | total: 21.7 years male: 21.3 years female: 22.1 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 1.825% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 23.7 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 4.33 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | -1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
 | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
 | total: 25.91 deaths/1,000 live births male: 29.06 deaths/1,000 live births female: 22.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
 | total population: 71.21 years male: 69.08 years female: 73.44 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 2.63 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: dengue fever and malaria water contact disease: leptospirosis (2008) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
 | 0.2% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 | 6,400 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 | fewer than 500 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
 | noun: Nicaraguan(s) adjective: Nicaraguan |
Ethnic groups:
 | mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5% |
Religions:
 | Roman Catholic 72.9%, Evangelical 15.1%, Moravian 1.5%, Episcopal 0.1%, other 1.9%, none 8.5% (1995 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.) |
People - note:
 | void |
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