Italy: People

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

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99%
female: 98.3% (2003 est.)