Population
The population of Italy is about 60.4 million making it the fourth largest in Europe. Almost one half of the population live in the northernmost third of the country.
After World War II the country experienced a prolonged economic boom which led to a major rural exodus to the cities. Alongside this was a major boom in the birthrate until the 1970s when it dropped drastically so that currently 1 in 5 Italians is over 65 years old. The population has recently began to rise not only with increasing childbirth within the country itself but also from a major rise in immigration.
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Comparisons
| Place | Area | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 301,000 sq km | 60m |
| UK | 243,000 sq km | 62m |
| Arizona | 295,000 sq km | 5m |
| France | 548,000 sq km | 64m |
The following chart shows the approximate historical population (in millions) since unification in 1861.
Major Centres of Population
| Comune | Population |
|---|---|
| Rome | 2.7 million |
| Milan | 1.3 million |
| Naples | 964,000 |
| Turin | 908,000 |
| Palermo | 660,000 |
| Genoa | 611,000 |
| Bologna | 375,000 |
| Florence | 365,000 |
| Bari | 320,000 |
| Catania | 296,000 |
| Venice | 270,000 |
| Verona | 265,000 |
Foreign Population
- See also the main article, Immigration
In January 2010 there were about 4,235,000 foreign citizens living in Italy. This represents about 7% of the population which is an increase of 0.5% from January 2009.
Approximately half come from Eastern Europe. In 2009:
| Origin | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Italian | 56,200,000 | 94% |
| Romanian | 800,000 | 1.3% |
| North Africa | 600,000 | 1% |
| Albanian | 440,000 | 0.8% |
| Chinese | 170,000 | 0.3% |
| Ukrainian | 154,000 | 0.3% |
| Other Asian | 446,000 | 0.8% |
| Latin America | 300,000 | 0.5% |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 265,000 | 0.4% |
| Other | 715,000 | 1.2% |
Population Statistics
Population estimate
- 60,418,711 (Istat, April 2010 est.)
Age structure
- 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.)
Median age
- total: 43.7 years
- male: 42.3 years
- female: 45.3 years (2010 est.)
Population growth rate
- -0.075% (2010 est.)
- 8.01 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Death rate
- 10.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
Net migration rate
- 2.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Urbanization
- urban population: 68% of total population (2008)
- rate of urbanization: 0.4% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Sex ratio
- 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: 0.72 male(s)/female
- total population: 0.96 male(s)/female
Infant mortality rate
- total: 5.41 deaths/1,000 live births
- male: 5.96 deaths/1,000 live births
- female: 4.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
- total population: 80.33 years
- male: 77.39 years
- female: 83.46 years (2010 est.)
Total fertility rate
- 1.32 children born/woman (2010 est.)
- adult prevalence rate: 0.4% (2007 est.)
- people living with HIV/AIDS: 150,000 (2007 est.)
- deaths: 1,900 (2007 est.)
- Italian (includes small clusters of German-Italians, French-Italians, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south).
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