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San Marino vs. Italy

Demographics

San MarinoItaly
Population34,467 (July 2021 est.)62,390,364 (July 2021 est.)
Age structure0-14 years: 14.73% (male 2,662/female 2,379)

15-24 years: 11.64% (male 2,091/female 1,894)

25-54 years: 39.12% (male 6,310/female 7,081)

55-64 years: 14.28% (male 2,367/female 2,520)

65 years and over: 20.24% (male 3,123/female 3,805) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 13.45% (male 4,292,431/female 4,097,732)

15-24 years: 9.61% (male 3,005,402/female 2,989,764)

25-54 years: 40.86% (male 12,577,764/female 12,921,614)

55-64 years: 14% (male 4,243,735/female 4,493,581)

65 years and over: 22.08% (male 5,949,560/female 7,831,076) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 45.2 years

male: 43.9 years

female: 46.3 years (2020 est.)
total: 46.5 years

male: 45.4 years

female: 47.5 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate0.63% (2021 est.)0.09% (2021 est.)
Birth rate8.76 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)8.37 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate8.85 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate6.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.09 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.12 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.1 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.89 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female

total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female

total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 6.67 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 7.9 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 5.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 3.14 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 2.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 83.68 years

male: 81.1 years

female: 86.48 years (2021 est.)
total population: 82.67 years

male: 80.01 years

female: 85.49 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate1.52 children born/woman (2021 est.)1.47 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rateNA0.2% (2020 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Sammarinese (singular and plural)

adjective: Sammarinese
noun: Italian(s)

adjective: Italian
Ethnic groupsSammarinese, ItalianItalian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDSNA140,000 (2020 est.)

note: estimate does not include children
ReligionsRoman CatholicChristian 80.8% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim 4.9%, unaffiliated 13.4%, other 0.9% (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deathsNA<1000 (2020 est.)
LanguagesItalian

major-language sample(s):
L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)

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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)

major-language sample(s):
L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Literacytotal population: 99.9%

male: 99.9%

female: 99.9% (2018)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99.2%

male: 99.4%

female: 99% (2018)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 16 years

male: 15 years

female: 16 years (2012)
total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2018)
Education expenditures3.6% of GDP (2018)4% of GDP (2017)
Urbanizationurban population: 97.6% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
urban population: 71.3% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: total: 100% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: total: 100% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017)
improved: urban: 98.8% of population

rural: 98.6% of population

total: 98.8% of population

unimproved: urban: 1.2% of population

rural: 1.4% of population

total: 1.2% of population (2017 est.)
Major cities - population4,000 SAN MARINO (2018)4.278 million ROME (capital), 3.144 million Milan, 2.183 million Naples, 1.795 million Turin, 900,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2021)
Health expenditures7.1% (2018)8.7% (2018)
Physicians density6.11 physicians/1,000 population (2014)3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
Hospital bed density3.8 beds/1,000 population (2012)3.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Mother's mean age at first birth31.9 years (2019)31.3 years (2019 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook