Italy - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Italy. Strategic location dominating central Mediterranean, as well as southern sea and air approaches to Western Europe. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
A fairly even population distribution exists throughout most of the country, with coastal areas, the Po River Valley, and urban centers (particularly Milan, Rome, and Naples) attracting larger and denser populations
People and Society
In Italy, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north, Albanian-Italians, Croat-Italians, and Greek-Italians in the south)
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | -0.05% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 7.13 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 11.2 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 3.2 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.27 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 0.62 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Italian | Italian(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 11.9% (male 3,699,167/female 3,531,734) |
| 15-64 years | 64.5% (male 19,378,160/female 19,958,137) |
| 65 years and over | 23.6% (2024 est.) (male 6,336,738/female 8,060,995) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 55.3 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 18.1 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 37.2 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 2.7 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 48.8 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 47.4 years |
| Female | 49.4 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 72% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 4.316 million ROME (capital), 3.155 million Milan, 2.179 million Naples, 1.802 million Turin, 913,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.06 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 0.97 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.79 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 0.93 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 3.2 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 2.9 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 83 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 80.7 years |
| Female | 85.5 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: total | total: 99.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 7.65 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 1.99 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 4.83 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 0.83 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Total | 19.8% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 23.2% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 16.6% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
Demographic profile
All Important Facts about Italy
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