| Population: |
57,679,825 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
14.17% (male 4,209,102; female 3,964,765)
15-64 years:
67.48% (male 19,375,742; female 19,546,332)
65 years and over:
18.35% (male 4,368,264; female 6,215,620) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
0.07% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
9.05 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
10.07 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
1.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Sex ratio: |
at birth:
1.07 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 (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
5.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
79.14 years
male:
75.97 years
female:
82.52 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
1.18 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.35% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
95,000 (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
1,000 (1999 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: |
predominately Roman Catholic with 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% (1998)
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
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