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Italy People 1996

Population:

58,261,971 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

15% (female 4,352,325; male 4,603,083)

15-64 years:

68% (female 19,969,086; male 19,874,528)

65 years and over:

17% (female 5,630,747; male 3,832,202) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.21% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

10.89 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

9.78 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

7.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

77.85 years

male:

74.67 years

female:

81.23 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.41 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Italian(s)

adjective:

Italian

Ethnic divisions:

Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south), Sicilians, Sardinians

Religions:

Roman Catholic 98%, other 2%

Languages:

Italian, 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:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

total population:

97%

male:

98%

female:

96%

Labor force:

23.988 million

by occupation:

services 58%, industry 32.2%, agriculture 9.8% (1988)

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