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Slovenia vs. Italy

Demographics

SloveniaItaly
Population2,102,106 (July 2021 est.)62,390,364 (July 2021 est.)
Age structure0-14 years: 14.84% (male 160,134/female 151,960)

15-24 years: 9.01% (male 98,205/female 91,318)

25-54 years: 40.73% (male 449,930/female 406,395)

55-64 years: 14.19% (male 148,785/female 149,635)

65 years and over: 21.23% (male 192,420/female 253,896) (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: 44.9 years

male: 43.4 years

female: 46.6 years (2020 est.)
total: 46.5 years

male: 45.4 years

female: 47.5 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate-0.03% (2021 est.)0.09% (2021 est.)
Birth rate8.5 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)8.37 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate10.34 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate1.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.04 male(s)/female

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

15-24 years: 1.08 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1.11 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

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

total population: 1 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: 1.53 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 1.64 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 1.42 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: 81.61 years

male: 78.73 years

female: 84.6 years (2021 est.)
total population: 82.67 years

male: 80.01 years

female: 85.49 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate1.59 children born/woman (2021 est.)1.47 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate<.1% (2020 est.)0.2% (2020 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Slovene(s)

adjective: Slovenian
noun: Italian(s)

adjective: Italian
Ethnic groupsSlovene 83.1%, Serb 2%, Croat 1.8%, Bosniak 1.1%, other or unspecified 12% (2002 est.)Italian (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/AIDS<1,000 (2020 est.)

note: estimate does not include children
140,000 (2020 est.)

note: estimate does not include children
ReligionsCatholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3%, other Christian 0.9%, unaffiliated 3.5%, other or unspecified 23%, none 10.1% (2002 est.)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.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths<100 (2018 est.)<1000 (2020 est.)
LanguagesSlovene (official) 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4%, Italian (official, only in municipalities where Italian national communities reside), Hungarian (official, only in municipalities where Hungarian national communities reside) (2002 est.)

major-language sample(s):
Svetovni informativni zvezek - neobhoden vir osnovnih informacij. (Slovene)

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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)

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Literacydefinition: NA

total population: 99.7%

male: 99.7%

female: 99.7% (2015)
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: 18 years

male: 17 years

female: 18 years (2018)
total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2018)
Education expenditures4.8% of GDP (2017)4% of GDP (2017)
Urbanizationurban population: 55.4% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.54% 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: 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 accessimproved: 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: 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 - population286,000 LJUBLJANA (capital) (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)
Maternal mortality rate7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Health expenditures8.3% (2018)8.7% (2018)
Physicians density3.09 physicians/1,000 population (2017)3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
Hospital bed density4.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)3.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate20.2% (2016)19.9% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth28.9 years (2019 est.)31.3 years (2019 est.)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 55.9

youth dependency ratio: 23.6

elderly dependency ratio: 32.3

potential support ratio: 3.1 (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 57

youth dependency ratio: 20.4

elderly dependency ratio: 36.6

potential support ratio: 2.7 (2020 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook