| People | Nicaragua |
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Population:
 | 5,666,301 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
 | 48 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
 | urban population: 57% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
 | MANAGUA (capital) 934,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
 | 0-14 years: 31.7% (male 913,905/female 879,818) 15-64 years: 63.8% (male 1,743,591/female 1,874,025) 65 years and over: 4.5% (male 116,153/female 138,809) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
 | total: 22.9 years male: 22.1 years female: 23.7 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 1.088% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 19.46 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 5.03 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | -3.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
 | 100 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
 | total: 22.64 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
 | total population: 71.9 years male: 69.82 years female: 74.09 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 2.12 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
 | 9.5% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
 | 0.37 physicians/1,000 population (2003) |
Hospital bed density:
 | 0.9 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
 | improved: urban: 98% of population rural: 68% of population total: 85% of population unimproved: urban: 2% of population rural: 32% of population total: 15% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
 | improved: urban: 63% of population rural: 37% of population total: 52% of population unimproved: urban: 37% of population rural: 63% of population total: 48% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: dengue fever and malaria water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
 | 0.2% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 | 6,900 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 | fewer than 500 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
 | 4.3% (2004) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
 | void |
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%, Protestant 23.2% (Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%), Jehovah's Witnesses 0.9%, other 1.7%, none 15.7% (2005 census) |
Languages:
 | Spanish (official) 97.5%, Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census) note: English and indigenous languages found on the Atlantic coast |
Literacy:
 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.5% male: 67.2% female: 67.8% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
 | total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2003) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
 | 3.1% of GDP (2003) |
People - note:
 | void |
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