ItalyPopulation: 58 057 477 (2004 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 14% (male 4 192 662; female 3 955 857) 15-64 years: 68% (male 19 265 714; female 19 369 554) 65 years and over: 18% (male 4 098 526; female 5 900 435) (July 1998 est.) Population growth rate: -0.08% (1998 est.) Birth rate: 9.13 births/1 000 population (1998 est.) Death rate: 10.18 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.) Net migration rate: 0.21 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female (1998 est.) Infant mortality rate: 6.4 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.38 years male: 75.26 years female: 81.7 years (1998 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.19 children born/woman (1998 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 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: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 98% female: 96% (1990 est.)
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