| Population | 58,147,733 (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 13.8% (male 4,121,246/female 3,874,971)
15-64 years: 66.4% (male 19,527,203/female 19,059,897)
65 years and over: 19.9% (male 4,823,244/female 6,741,172) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 42.5 years
male: 41.1 years
female: 44.1 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 0.01% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 8.54 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 10.5 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | 2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.064 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.025 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.715 male(s)/female
total population: 0.959 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 5.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 79.94 years
male: 77.01 years
female: 83.07 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 1.29 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 140,000 (2001 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | less than 1,000 (2003 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Italian(s)
adjective: Italian |
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| Ethnic groups | Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south) |
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| Religions | Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third regularly attend services), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community) |
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| 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) |
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| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 98.8%
female: 98% (2001 census) |
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