Short facts about people of Italy

Population:

57,679,825 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  14.17% (male 4,209,102; female 3,964,765) 15-64 years:  67.48% (male 19,375,742; female 19,546,332) 65 years and over:  18.35% (male 4,368,264; female 6,215,620) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.07% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

9.05 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

10.07 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

1.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.7 male(s)/female total population:  0.94 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

5.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  79.14 years male:  75.97 years female:  82.52 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.18 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.35% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

95,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

1,000 (1999 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% (1998) male:  NA% female:  NA%

Source: World Factbook