| Population | 61,261,254 (July 2012 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 13.8% (male 4,327,307/female 4,138,369)
15-24 years: 10% (male 3,071,801/female 3,041,450)
25-54 years: 43.3% (male 13,143,815/female 13,409,511)
55-64 years: 12.4% (male 3,667,498/female 3,904,324)
65 years and over: 20.5% (male 5,350,173/female 7,207,006) (2012 est.) |
| Median age | total: 43.8 years
male: 42.7 years
female: 45 years (2012 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.38% (2012 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.06 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) |
| Death rate | 9.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 4.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 68% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major cities - population | ROME (capital) 3.357 million; Milan 2.962 million; Naples 2.27 million; Turin 1.662 million; Palermo 872,000 (2009) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 81.86 years
male: 79.24 years
female: 84.63 years (2012 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.4 children born/woman (2012 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.3% (2009 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 140,000 (2009 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | fewer than 1,000 (2009 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 | Christian 80% (overwhelming Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehova Witnesses and Protestants), Muslims NEGL (about 700,000 but growing), Atheists and Agnostics 20% |
| 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: 98.4%
male: 98.8%
female: 98% (2001 census) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2008) |
| Education expenditures | 4.3% of GDP (2007) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) |
| Health expenditures | 5.1% of GDP (2009) |
| Physicians density | 4.242 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
| Hospital bed density | 3.7 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 9.8% (2005) |
