| 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.) |
| Median age |
total: 41.4 years
male: 39.8 years
female: 43 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
0.09% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
9.05 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
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 |
total: 6.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 6.68 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 79.54 years
male: 76.61 years
female: 82.66 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
1.27 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
0.4% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
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 |
conventional long form: italian republic
conventional short form: italy
local long form: repubblica italiana
former: kingdom of italy
local short form: italia |