| People | Italy |
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Population:
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61,016,804 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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208 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 68% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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ROME (capital) 3.357 million; Milan 2.962 million; Naples 2.27 million; Turin 1.662 million; Palermo 872,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 13.8% (male 4,315,292/female 4,124,624)
15-64 years: 65.9% (male 19,888,901/female 20,330,495)
65 years and over: 20.3% (male 5,248,418/female 7,109,074) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 43.5 years
male: 42.4 years
female: 44.7 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.42% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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9.18 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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9.84 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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4.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.059 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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5 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 81.77 years
male: 79.16 years
female: 84.53 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.39 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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5.1% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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4.242 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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3.7 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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void |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.3% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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140,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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9.8% (2005) |
Nationality:
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noun: Italian(s)
adjective: Italian |
Ethnic groups:
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Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south) |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third practicing), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community) |
Languages:
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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:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 98.8%
female: 98% (2001 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.3% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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