Page last updated on February 5, 2013
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)
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)
Religions:
Christian 80% (overwhelming Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehova Witnesses and Protestants), Muslims NEGL (about 700,000 but growing), Atheists and Agnostics 20%
Population:
61,261,254 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 23
[see also: Population country ranks ]
Age structure:
0-14 years: 13.8% (male 4,327,307/female 4,138,369)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
10% (male 3,071,801/female 3,041,450)
25-54 years:
43.3% (male 13,143,815/female 13,409,511)
55-64 years:
12.4% (male 3,667,498/female 3,904,324)
65 years and over:
20.5% (male 5,350,173/female 7,207,006) (2012 est.)
Median age:
total: 43.8 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
42.7 years
female:
45 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.38% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 157
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
Birth rate:
9.06 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 208
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
Death rate:
9.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 54
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
Net migration rate:
4.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 22
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
Urbanization:
urban population: 68% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
ROME (capital) 3.357 million; Milan 2.962 million; Naples 2.27 million; Turin 1.662 million; Palermo 872,000 (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.74 male(s)/female
total population:
0.93 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
4 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 180
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
Infant mortality rate:
total: 3.36 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 215
male:
3.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 81.86 years
country comparison to the world: 10
male:
79.24 years
female:
84.63 years (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.4 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 204
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
Health expenditures:
5.1% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 136
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
Physicians density:
4.242 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
Hospital bed density:
3.7 beds/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.3% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
140,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
9.8% (2005)
country comparison to the world: 56
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
Education expenditures:
4.3% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 91
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
98.4%
male:
98.8%
female:
98% (2001 census)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 16 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years (2008)
youth ages 15-24:, youth ages 15-24:
total: 25.4%
country comparison to the world: 27
male:
23.3%
female:
28.7% (2009)
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