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Other pages in this profile of Italy:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
58,147,733 (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure |
0-14 years: 13.8% (male 4,121,246/female 3,874,971) 15-64 years: 66.4% (male 19,527,203/female 19,059,897) 65 years and over: 19.9% (male 4,823,244/female 6,741,172) (2007 est.) |
Median Age |
total: 42.5 years male: 41.1 years female: 44.1 years (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate |
0.01% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate |
8.54 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate |
10.5 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate |
2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.064 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.025 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.715 male(s)/female total population: 0.959 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
total: 5.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 79.94 years male: 77.01 years female: 83.07 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
1.29 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
0.5% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
140,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
less than 1,000 (2003 est.) |
Nationality |
noun: Italian(s) adjective: Italian |
Ethnic groups |
Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south) |
Religions |
Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third regularly attend services), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community) |
Languages |
Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area) |
Literacy |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.4% male: 98.8% female: 98% (2001 census) |
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