Population:
58,126,212 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 13.5% (male 4,056,156/female 3,814,070)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male 19,530,696/female 18,981,084)
65 years and over: 20.2% (male 4,903,762/female 6,840,444) (2009 est.)

Median age:
total: 43.3 years
male: 41.8 years
female: 44.8 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
-0.047% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
8.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
10.72 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate:
2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 68% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.4% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 5.51 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 80.2 years
male: 77.26 years
female: 83.33 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.31 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.4% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
150,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
1,900 (2007 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)

Religions:
Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third practicing), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community)

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)

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 98.8%
female: 98% (2001 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Education expenditures:
4.5% of GDP (2005)