62,390,364 (July 2021 est.)
noun: Italian(s)
adjective: Italian
Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
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)
printed major-language sample:
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Christian 80.8% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim 4.9%, unaffiliated 13.4%, other 0.9% (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 13.45% (male 4,292,431/female 4,097,732)
15-24 years: 9.61% (male 3,005,402/female 2,989,764)
25-54 years: 40.86% (male 12,577,764/female 12,921,614)
55-64 years: 14% (male 4,243,735/female 4,493,581)
65 years and over: 22.08% (male 5,949,560/female 7,831,076) (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 57
youth dependency ratio: 20.4
elderly dependency ratio: 36.6
potential support ratio: 2.7 (2020 est.)
total: 46.5 years
male: 45.4 years
female: 47.5 years (2020 est.)
0.09% (2021 est.)
8.37 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
despite a distinctive pattern with an industrial north and an agrarian south, a fairly even population distribution exists throughout most of the country, with coastal areas, the Po River Valley, and urban centers (particularly Milan, Rome, and Naples), attracting larger and denser populations
urban population: 71.3% of total population (2021)
rate of urbanization: 0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
4.278 million ROME (capital), 3.144 million Milan, 2.183 million Naples, 1.795 million Turin, 900,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2021)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
31.3 years (2019 est.)
2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
total: 3.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total population: 82.67 years
male: 80.01 years
female: 85.49 years (2021 est.)
1.47 children born/woman (2021 est.)
65.1% (2013)
note: percent of women aged 18-49
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
8.7% (2018)
3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
3.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)
improved: urban: 98.8% of population
rural: 98.6% of population
total: 98.8% of population
unimproved: urban: 1.2% of population
rural: 1.4% of population
total: 1.2% of population (2017 est.)
0.2% (2020 est.)
140,000 (2020 est.)
note: estimate does not include children
respiratory diseases: Covid-19 (see note) (2020)
note: a new coronavirus is causing respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Italy; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 19 July 2021, Italy has reported a total of 4,289,528 cases of COVID-19 or 7,192.19 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 214.4 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 60.61% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in Italy to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures
19.9% (2016)
4% of GDP (2017)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.2%
male: 99.4%
female: 99% (2018)
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2018)
total: 29.2%
male: 27.8%
female: 31.2% (2019 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Italy on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Italy 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Italy 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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