Italy Demographics Profile 2012

Population

61,016,804 (July 2011 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 13.8% (male 4,315,292/female 4,124,624)
15-64 years: 65.9% (male 19,888,901/female 20,330,495)
65 years and over: 20.3% (male 5,248,418/female 7,109,074) (2011 est.)

Median age

total: 43.5 years
male: 42.4 years
female: 44.7 years (2011 est.)

Population growth rate

0.42% (2011 est.)

Birth rate

9.18 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Death rate

9.84 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Net migration rate

4.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 68% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.059 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 81.77 years
male: 79.16 years
female: 84.53 years (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.39 children born/woman (2011 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

Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third practicing), 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)

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

5 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)

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)