61,021,855 (2023 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)
major-language sample(s):
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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: 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)
2023 population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio: 57.1
youth dependency ratio: 19.9
elderly dependency ratio: 37.2
potential support ratio: 2.7 (2021 est.)
total: 48.1 years (2023 est.)
male: 47 years
female: 49.1 years
-0.11% (2023 est.)
7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
11.3 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
3.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 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: 72% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
4.316 million ROME (capital), 3.155 million Milan, 2.179 million Naples, 1.802 million Turin, 913,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2023)
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.)
31.4 years (2020 est.)
5 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
total: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
male: 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.9 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 82.8 years (2023 est.)
male: 80.5 years
female: 85.3 years
1.24 children born/woman (2023 est.)
0.6 (2023 est.)
65.1% (2013)
note: percent of women aged 18-49
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.)
9.6% of GDP (2020)
3.95 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
3.1 beds/1,000 population (2018)
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.)
19.9% (2016)
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.)
total: 23.1% (2020 est.)
male: 26.6% (2020 est.)
female: 19.5% (2020 est.)
N/A
52.5% (2023 est.)
4.3% of GDP (2020 est.)
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 (2020)
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