Population 5,849,699,041 (July 1997 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 31% (male 922,447,462; female 877,221,909)
15-64 years: 63% (male 1,856,697,495; female 1,808,219,116)
65 years and over: 6% (male 166,513,212; female 218,599,847)

Population growth rate 1.4% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 23 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 9 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate 59 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 63 years
male: 61 years
female: 64 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 2.9 children born/woman (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding World on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of World People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about World People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.