Italy People 2008

Population:
58,147,733 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 13.8% (male 4,121,246/female 3,874,971)
15-64 years: 66.4% (male 19,527,203/female 19,059,897)
65 years and over: 19.9% (male 4,823,244/female 6,741,172) (2007 est.)

Median age:
total: 42.5 years
male: 41.1 years
female: 44.1 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.01% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
8.54 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
10.5 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.064 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.025 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.715 male(s)/female
total population: 0.959 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 5.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 79.94 years
male: 77.01 years
female: 83.07 years (2007 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
1.29 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.5% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
140,000 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 1,000 (2003 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:
Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third regularly attend services), other 10% (includes 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)