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Population: 40,448,191 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 14.4% (male 3,005,818/female 2,826,805) 15-64 years: 67.8% (male 13,758,869/female 13,661,295) 65 years and over: 17.8% (male 3,002,585/female 4,192,819) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.116% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 9.98 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 9.81 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.063 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.007 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.716 male(s)/female total population: 0.956 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 4.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 79.78 years male: 76.46 years female: 83.32 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.29 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.7% (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 140,000 (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 1,000 (2003 est.).

Nationality: noun: Spaniard(s) adjective: Spanish.

Ethnic groups: composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types.

Religions: Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%.

Languages: Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, are official regionally.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.9% male: 98.7% female: 97.2% (2003 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.109 trillion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 3.9% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $27,400 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3.9% industry: 29.4% services: 66.7% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 21.77 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 5.3% industry: 30.1% services: 64.6% (2004 est.).

Population below poverty line: 19.8% (2005).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 25.2% (1990).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.5% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 8.1% (October 2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $488.2 billion expenditures: $475.3 billion; including capital expenditures of $12.8 billion (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish.

Industries: textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism, clay and refractory products, footwear, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment.

Industrial production growth rate: 0.6% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 263.3 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 241.8 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 11.4 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 8.3 billion kWh (2004).

Exports: $222.1 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, medicines, other consumer goods.

Exports - partners: France 19.3%, Germany 11.4%, Portugal 9.6%, UK 8.4%, Italy 8.4%, US 4.1% (2005).

Imports: $324.4 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, measuring and medical control instruments.

Imports - partners: Germany 15.3%, France 14.7%, Italy 8.6%, UK 5.8%, Netherlands 5%, China 4.2% (2005).

Debt - external: $1.591 trillion (30 June 2006 est.).

Economic aid - donor: ODA, $1.33 billion (1999).

Currency (code): euro (EUR) note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by the financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions with the member countries.

Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.