| Population | 62,390,364 (July 2021 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) |
| 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. |
| 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.) |
| 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.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 57 youth dependency ratio: 20.4 elderly dependency ratio: 36.6 potential support ratio: 2.7 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 46.5 years male: 45.4 years female: 47.5 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.09% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 8.37 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | despite a distinctive pattern with an industrial north and an agrarian south, a fairly even population distribution exists throughout most of the country, with coastal areas, the Po River Valley, and urban centers (particularly Milan, Rome, and Naples), attracting larger and denser populations |
| Urbanization | urban population: 71.3% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 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) |
| 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.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 31.3 years (2019 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 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.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 82.67 years male: 80.01 years female: 85.49 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.47 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 65.1% (2013) note: percent of women aged 18-49 |
| 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.) |
| Health expenditures | 8.7% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 3.2 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| 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.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.2% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 140,000 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <1000 (2020 est.) |
| 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 |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 19.9% (2016) |
| Education expenditures | 4% of GDP (2017) |
| Literacy | 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: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
