| Population : |
58,057,477 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age Structure : |
0-14 years: 14% (male 4,181,946; female 3,935,565)
15-64 years: 66.9% (male 19,590,497; female 19,256,747)
65 years and over: 19.1% (male 4,608,479; female 6,484,243) (2004 est.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
0.09% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
9.05 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
10.21 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net Migration Rate : |
2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex Ratio : |
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant Mortality Rate / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 6.07 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 79.54 years
male: 76.61 years
female: 82.66 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
1.27 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
0.4% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
100,000 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Deaths : |
1,100 (2001 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 : |
predominately Roman Catholic with 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: 98.6%
male: 99%
female: 98.3% (2003 est.) |
