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Population: |
58,103,033 (July 2005 est.)
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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.)
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Median age: |
total: 41.77 years
male: 40.24 years
female: 43.35 years (2005 est.)
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Population growth rate: |
0.07% (2005 est.)
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Birth rate: |
8.89 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Death rate: |
10.3 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Net migration rate: |
2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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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.)
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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.)
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 79.68 years
male: 76.75 years
female: 82.81 years (2005 est.)
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Total fertility rate: |
1.28 children born/woman (2005 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.5% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
140,000 (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 1,000 (2003 est.)
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Nationality: |
noun: Italian(s)
adjective: Italian
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Ethnic groups: |
Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
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Religions: |
predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community
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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)
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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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