Total fertility rate: 1.16 children born/woman (1997 est.)
Nationality: noun: Italian(s) adjective: Italian
Ethnic groups: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
Religions: Roman Catholic 98%, other 2%
Languages: Italian, German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
Literacy: definition : age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 98% female: 96% (1990 est.)
@Italy:Government
Country name: conventional long form: Italian Republic conventional short form: Italy local long form: Repubblica Italiana local short form : Italia former: Kingdom of Italy
Data code: IT
Government type: republic