Italy Population is has grown upto 58,751,711 people according to the latest census. It is the forth largest populated country of Europe and ranks twenty second in the world chart.
Population Density of Italy
The population density of Italy is also one of the highest being the fifth densest in all over Europe. There are 195 persons residing in Italian Republic in every square kilometer of the land area. However, the natural population growth has been negligible, with less than 0.1% per annum.
Italy, including the islands of Sardinia and Sicily covers an area of 301,230 square km. it is made up 20 administrative regions including Abruzzi, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Remagna, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte, Puglia, Sardegna, Toscana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Giulia, Lazio,Valle d'Aosta, Veneto, Sicilia, Friuli-Venezia and Basilicata. The population details of these regions can be illustrated as follows:
• Population: 58,133,509 approximately.
• Age structure can be defined as:
- 0-14 years: 13.8%;
- 15-64 years: 66.5%;
- 65 years and over: 19.7%
• Growth Rate of Population: 0.04%
• Net Migration Rate: 2.06 migrants per 1,000 Italians.
• Population divided into different genders / Sex Ratio in the following Age Groups:
• At birth: 1.07 males per a female
• Under 15 years: 1.06 males per a female
• 15-64 years: 1.02 males per a female
• 65 years and over: 0.72 male per a female
• Nationality: Italian
• Ethnic groups: Italian. But exists some clusters of German, French, and Slovene. There are also few Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south.
• Religions: 90% belong to Roman
10% are Protestant or Jewish
There are also very few Muslim immigrant.
• Languages Spoken: Officially Italian (official); others include: German, French,
Slovene.
Italian Population has been mainly affected by the high birth rate of 8.72 births per 1,000 people and relatively high life expectancy and low death rate of 10.4 deaths/1,000 people.
Some of the largest populated cities of Italy are Rome, Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo and Genoa. Among other major Italian cities the most populated having more than 250,000 inhabitants are Bologna, Florence, Bari, Catania, Venice and Verona.
According to latest updations in the Italian Statistics Office, the literacy rate among Italy Population is 98% with schooling been made mandatory for children aged between 6 and 18.
