Italy People:
Population:
58,103,033 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 13.9% (male:4,166,213; female:3,919,288)
15-64 years: 66.7% (male:19,554,416; female:19,174,629)
65 years and over: 19.4% (male:4,698,441; female:6,590,046) (2005)
Median age:
total: 41.77 years
male: 40.24 years
female: 43.35 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.07% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
8.89 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
10.3 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
2.07 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 5.94 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 6.55 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 5.29 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 79.68 years (2005 est.)
male: 76.75 years
female: 82.81 years
Total fertility rate:
1.28 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.5% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
140,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
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 predominately, Protestant with mature, Jewish communities, Muslim growing 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)
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