Population: 57,634,327 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
14% (male 4,220,973; female 3,977,962)
15-64 years:
68% (male 19,413,219; female 19,596,668)
65 years and over:
18% (male 4,297,962; female 6,127,543) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.09% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 9.13 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 9.99 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.06 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 (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 5.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
79.03 years
male:
75.85 years
female:
82.41 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.18 children born/woman (2000 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%