- Population......................................................................40,341,462
(July 2005 est.)
- Population growth rate .............................................................0.15%
(2005 est.)
- Birth rate.....................................................10.1
births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
- Death rate................................................9.63
deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
- Net migration rate...............................0.99
migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
- Ethnic groups..............................................composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types
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Member of what is now the European Union since 1986. |
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