Italy has the fourth-largest population in Europe and is the 23rd-largest population worldwide estimated as 60.6 million. The population density, at over 200 people square kilometre, is the fifth highest in the European Countries.
The Italian population has been mainly affected by the high birth rate of 9.78 births per 1,000 people and relatively high life expectancy and low death rate of 9.82 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.
The largest ethnic group in Italy is the Native Italian, comprising 96% of the population.
Italy's population density is very uneven and the Po Valley is the most densely populated with almost half of the country's population. Other densely packed areas include the metropolitan areas of Naples and Rome. The Basilicata plateaus, the Alps and Apennines highlands and the island of Sardinia, meanwhile, have a very sparse population.
The Italian population has been mainly affected by the high birth rate of 9.78 births per 1,000 people and relatively high life expectancy and low death rate of 9.82 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.
The largest ethnic group in Italy is the Native Italian, comprising 96% of the population.
Italy's population density is very uneven and the Po Valley is the most densely populated with almost half of the country's population. Other densely packed areas include the metropolitan areas of Naples and Rome. The Basilicata plateaus, the Alps and Apennines highlands and the island of Sardinia, meanwhile, have a very sparse population.
- Age structure can be defined as:
- 0-14 years: 14.03%
- 15-64 years: 65.93%
- 65 years and over: 20.04%
- Growth Rate of Population: 0.68%
- Net Migration Rate: 7.5%
- Population divided into different genders / Sex Ratio in the following Age Groups at birth:
- 1.07 males per 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
- 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