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Italy

 
     
    • Population: 
      57 million (March 1998 est.) 
     
    • Age structure: 
     
        0-14 years: 
        15% (female 4,352,325; male 4,603,083) 
     
        15-64 years: 
        68% (female 19,969,086; male 19,874,528) 
     
        65 years and over: 
        17% (female 5,630,747; male 3,832,202) (1998 est.) 
     
    • Population growth rate: 
      0.21% (1998 est.) 
     
    • Birth rate: 
      10.89 births/1,000 population (1998 est.) 
     
    • Death rate: 
      9.78 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.) 
     
    • Net migration rate: 
      1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.) 
     
    • Infant mortality rate: 
      7.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.) 
     
    • Life expectancy at birth: 
     
        total population: 
        77.85 years 
     
        male: 
        74.67 years 
     
        female: 
        81.23 years (1998 est.) 
     
    • Total fertility rate: 
      1.41 children born/woman (1998 est.) 
     
    • Nationality: 
     
        noun: 
        Italian(s) 
     
        adjective: 
        Italian 
     
    • Ethnic divisions: 
      Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south), Sicilians, Sardinians 
     
    • Religions: 
      Roman Catholic 98%, other 2% 
     
    • Languages: 
      Italian, 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: 
      age 15 and over can read and write  
     
        total population: 
        97% 
     
        male: 
        98% 
     
        female: 
        96% 
     
    • Labor force: 
      23.988 million 
     
        by occupation: 
        services 58%, industry 32.2%, agriculture 9.8% 
         
    • Women in the Labor Force:

      • 35% (1998 est.) 
         
    • Refugee Information: