Population 57,715,625 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 14.1% (male 4,198,569; female 3,954,159)
15-64 years: 67.3% (male 19,334,208; female 19,492,048)
65 years and over: 18.6% (male 4,436,073; female 6,300,568) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 0.05% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 8.93 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 10.13 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 1.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 5.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 79.25 years
female: 82.63 years (2002 est.)
male: 76.08 years

Total fertility rate 1.19 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.35% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 95,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths 1,000 (1999 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)

Religions predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community

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)

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98% (1998)
male: NA%
female: NA%

NOTE: The information regarding Italy on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Italy People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Italy People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.