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People
58,090,681 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
23
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) (2010 est.)
total: 43.7 years
male: 42.3 years
female: 45.3 years (2010 est.)
-0.075% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 208
8.01 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 220
10.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 42
2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 41
urban population: 68% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.4% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.066 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 (2010 est.)
total: 5.41 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 182
male: 5.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 80.33 years
country comparison to the world: 23
male: 77.39 years
female: 83.46 years (2010 est.)
1.32 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 207
0.4% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
150,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 36
1,900 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 62
noun: Italian(s)
adjective: Italian
Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third practicing), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community)
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)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 98.8%
female: 98% (2001 census)
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2007)
4.3% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 99
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