[http://statbel.fgov.be/nl/statistieken/cijfers/bevolking/geboorten_vruchtbaarheid/vruchtbaarheidsindicatoren/verstreken/index.jsp]===Life expectancy===Male: 74.4 in 1999, 77.2 in 2009<br>Female: 80.9 in 1999, 82.4 in 2009<br>Total: 77.7 in 1999, 79.8 in 2009==Ethnic groups==The country is populated by a Flemish majority of about 6,000,000 people speaking Dutch, a Walloon minority of 4,100,000 people speaking French, as well as 73,000 German speaking people in Wallonia, near the German border.