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Population:
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58,057,477 (July 2004 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 14% (male 4,181,946; female 3,935,565)
15-64 years: 66.9% (male 19,590,497; female 19,256,747)
65 years and over: 19.1% (male 4,608,479; female 6,484,243) (2004 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 41.4 years
male: 39.8 years
female: 43 years (2004 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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0.09% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate:
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9.05 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate:
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10.21 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 6.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 6.68 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 79.54 years
male: 76.61 years
female: 82.66 years (2004 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.27 children born/woman (2004 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.4% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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100,000 (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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1,100 (2001 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Italian(s)
adjective: Italian
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Ethnic groups:
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Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
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Religions:
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predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community
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Languages:
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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)
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99%
female: 98.3% (2003 est.)
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