_#_Total fertility rate: 1.4 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Italian(s); adjective—Italian
_#_Ethnic divisions: primarily Italian but population includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south; Sicilians; Sardinians
_#_Religion: nominally Roman Catholic almost 100%
_#_Language: Italian; parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking; significant French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region; Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area
_#_Literacy: 97% (male 98%, female 96%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
_#_Labor force: 23,988,000; services 58%, industry 32.2%, agriculture 9.8% (1988)
_#_Organized labor: 40-45% of labor force (est.)
_*Government #_Long-form name: Italian Republic
_#_Type: republic