Italy People - 2023
SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
61,021,855 (2023 est.)
Nationality
noun: Italian(s)
adjective: Italian
Ethnic groups
Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
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)
major-language sample(s):
L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions
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.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 12.08% (male 3,772,041/female 3,600,946)
15-64 years: 64.61% (male 19,430,217/female 19,997,042)
65 years and over: 23.31% (2023 est.) (male 6,248,663/female 7,972,946)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 57.1
youth dependency ratio: 19.9
elderly dependency ratio: 37.2
potential support ratio: 2.7 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 46.5 years
male: 45.4 years
female: 47.5 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
-0.11% (2023 est.)
Birth rate
7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Death rate
11.27 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Net migration rate
3.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Population distribution
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
Urbanization
urban population: 72% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
4.316 million ROME (capital), 3.155 million Milan, 2.179 million Naples, 1.802 million Turin, 913,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2023)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
31.4 years (2020 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
5 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 3.11 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 82.79 years
male: 80.46 years
female: 85.26 years (2023 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.24 children born/woman (2023 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.6 (2023 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
65.1% (2013)
note: percent of women aged 18-49
Drinking water source
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 99.9% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
9.6% of GDP (2020)
Physicians density
3.95 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
Hospital bed density
3.1 beds/1,000 population (2018)
Sanitation facility access
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 (2020 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
19.9% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 7.65 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 1.99 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 4.83 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.83 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 23.1% (2020 est.)
male: 26.6% (2020 est.)
female: 19.5% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
52.5% (2023 est.)
Education expenditures
4.3% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.2%
male: 99.4%
female: 99% (2018)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 30.9%
male: 29.1%
female: 33.8% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Italy on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Italy 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Italy 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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