Italian People, Italy People
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Population: 58,103,033 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 13.9% (male 4,166,213/female 3,919,288) 15-64 years: 66.7% (male 19,554,416/female 19,174,629) 65 years and over: 19.4% (male 4,698,441/female 6,590,046) (2005 est.)
Median age: Total: 41.77 years male: 40.24 years female: 43.35 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.07% (2005 est.)
Death rate: 10.3 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate: 2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio: At birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate: Total: 5.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: Total population: 79.68 years male: 76.75 years female: 82.81 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.28 children born/woman (2005 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: 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: 98.6% male: 99% female: 98.3% (2003 est.)
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The information here has been derived from Public Domain Sources such as the CIA World Factbook. No liability can be taken for any inaccuracies.
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