Italy vs. France
Demographics
| Italy | France | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 62,390,364 (July 2021 est.) | 68,084,217 (July 2021 est.) note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233 |
| Age structure | 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.) | 0-14 years: 18.36% (male 6,368,767/female 6,085,318) 15-24 years: 11.88% (male 4,122,981/female 3,938,938) 25-54 years: 36.83% (male 12,619,649/female 12,366,120) 55-64 years: 12.47% (male 4,085,564/female 4,376,272) 65 years and over: 20.46% (male 6,029,303/female 7,855,244) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 46.5 years male: 45.4 years female: 47.5 years (2020 est.) | total: 41.7 years male: 40 years female: 43.4 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.09% (2021 est.) | 0.33% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 8.37 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 11.77 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 9.58 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 1.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | 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.) | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | 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.) | total: 3.19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 82.67 years male: 80.01 years female: 85.49 years (2021 est.) | total population: 82.39 years male: 79.31 years female: 85.61 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.47 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 2.04 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.2% (2020 est.) | 0.3% (2019 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Italian(s) adjective: Italian | noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French |
| Ethnic groups | Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south) | Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities note: overseas departments: Black, White, Mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 140,000 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children | 190,000 (2019 est.) |
| Religions | Christian 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.) | Christian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic) 63-66%, Muslim 7-9%, Buddhist 0.5-0.75%, Jewish 0.5-0.75%, other 0.5-1.0%, none 23-28% (2015 est.) note: France maintains a tradition of secularism and has not officially collected data on religious affiliation since the 1872 national census, which complicates assessments of France's religious composition; an 1872 law prohibiting state authorities from collecting data on individuals' ethnicity or religious beliefs was reaffirmed by a 1978 law emphasizing the prohibition of the collection or exploitation of personal data revealing an individual's race, ethnicity, or political, philosophical, or religious opinions; a 1905 law codified France's separation of church and state |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <1000 (2020 est.) | <500 (2019 est.) |
| 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) 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. | French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard); note - overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect) major-language sample(s): The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Major infectious diseases | respiratory diseases: Covid-19 (see note) (2020) note: a new coronavirus is causing respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Italy; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 19 July 2021, Italy has reported a total of 4,289,528 cases of COVID-19 or 7,192.19 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 214.4 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 60.61% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in Italy to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures | note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout France; as of 19 July 2021, France has reported a total of 5,753,579 cases of COVID-19 or 8,846.3 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 169.92 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 55.97% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2018) |
| Education expenditures | 4% of GDP (2017) | 5.5% of GDP (2017) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 71.3% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 81.2% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | 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.) | 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 access | 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.) | 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.) |
| Major cities - population | 4.278 million ROME (capital), 3.144 million Milan, 2.183 million Naples, 1.795 million Turin, 900,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2021) | 11.079 million PARIS (capital), 1.734 million Lyon, 1.614 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.068 million Lille, 1.037 million Toulouse, 980,000 Bordeaux (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 8.7% (2018) | 11.3% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2018) | 3.27 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 3.2 beds/1,000 population (2017) | 6 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 19.9% (2016) | 21.6% (2016) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 31.3 years (2019 est.) | 28.8 years (2019 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 65.1% (2013) note: percent of women aged 18-49 | 78.4% (2010/11) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 57 youth dependency ratio: 20.4 elderly dependency ratio: 36.6 potential support ratio: 2.7 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 62.4 youth dependency ratio: 28.7 elderly dependency ratio: 33.7 potential support ratio: 3 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
