statistics according to the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. Total population: 28,644,603 (July 2020 est.) Ethnic groups: unspecified Spanish, Italian (13–16%), Portuguese (1.4%), Arab (5%), German (<0.1%), African (3.4%), indigenous peoples (2.7%) Age structure: 0-14 years: 25.66% (male 3,759,280/female 3,591,897) 15–24 years: 16.14% (male 2,348,073/female 2,275,912) 25–54 years: 41.26% (male 5,869,736/female 5,949,082) 55–64 years: 8.76% (male 1,203,430/female 1,305,285) 65 years and over: 8.18% (male 1,069,262/female 1,272,646) (2020 est.) Median age: total: 30 years. Country comparison to the world: 124th male: 29.4 years female: 30.7 years (2020 est.) Birth rate: 17.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.) Country comparison to the world: 92nd Death rate: 7.5 deaths/1,000 population (2020 est.) Country comparison to the world: 106th Total fertility rate: 2.26 children born/woman (2020 est.) Country comparison to the world: 87th Net migration rate: -3.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2020 est.) Country comparison to the world: 184th Population growth rate: -0.18% (2020 est.) Country comparison to the world: 207th 1.51% (2009 est.). Contraceptive prevalence rate: 75% (2010) Dependency ratios: total dependency ratio: 52.6 (2015 est.) youth dependency ratio: 43 (2015 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 9.5 (2015 est.) potential support ratio: 10.5 (2015 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.2 years male: 73.2 years female: 79.3 years (2018 est.) Urbanization: urban population: 88.2% of total population (2018) rate of urbanisation: 1.28% annual rate of change (2015–20 est.) Languages: Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2016 est.) total population: 97.1% male: 97% female: 97.2% (2016 est.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total: 14 years Unemployment, youth ages 15–24: total: 14.6%. Country comparison to the world: 92nd Sex ratio Race According to an autosomal DNA genetic study conducted in 2008 by the University of Brasilia (UNB), the composition of Venezuela's population is: 60.60% of European contribution, 23% of Amerindian contribution and 16.30% of African contribution. 3.6% of Venezuelans are fully black, but Mulattos (black mixed with white) are a much larger proportion, with many Venezuelans having African ancestry. Religious affiliation The overwhelming majority of Venezuelans denote themselves as adherents of Catholicism; this is true nominally, if not in practice. According to the 2011 census, 88.3 per cent of the population is Christian, primarily Roman Catholic (71%), 17 per cent Protestant, and the remaining 0.03 per cent Mormons (LDS Church). The Venezuelans without religion are 9% (atheist 2%, agnostic or indifferent 6% and doesn't know/doesn't respond 1%