Population: 57,772,375 (July 1991), growth rate 0.2% (1991)

Birth rate: 11 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 1 migrant/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 75 years male, 82 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.4 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Italian(s); adjective--Italian

Ethnic divisions: primarily Italian but population includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south; Sicilians; Sardinians

Religion: nominally Roman Catholic almost 100%

Language: Italian; parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking; significant French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region; Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area

Literacy: 97% (male 98%, female 96%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Labor force: 23,988,000; services 58%, industry 32.2%, agriculture 9.8% (1988)

Organized labor: 40-45% of labor force (est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Italy on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Italy People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Italy People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.