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Italy vs. Austria

Demographics

ItalyAustria
Population62,390,364 (July 2021 est.)8,884,864 (July 2021 est.)
Age structure0-14 years: 13.45% (male 4,292,431/female 4,097,732)

15-24 years: 9.61% (male 3,005,402/female 2,989,764)

25-54 years: 40.86% (male 12,577,764/female 12,921,614)

55-64 years: 14% (male 4,243,735/female 4,493,581)

65 years and over: 22.08% (male 5,949,560/female 7,831,076) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 14.01% (male 635,803/female 605,065)

15-24 years: 10.36% (male 466,921/female 451,248)

25-54 years: 41.35% (male 1,831,704/female 1,831,669)

55-64 years: 14.41% (male 635,342/female 641,389)

65 years and over: 19.87% (male 768,687/female 991,621) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 46.5 years

male: 45.4 years

female: 47.5 years (2020 est.)
total: 44.5 years

male: 43.1 years

female: 45.8 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate0.09% (2021 est.)0.32% (2021 est.)
Birth rate8.37 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)9.48 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)9.85 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)3.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female

total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female

total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 3.14 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 2.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 3.29 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 2.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 82.67 years

male: 80.01 years

female: 85.49 years (2021 est.)
total population: 82.07 years

male: 79.42 years

female: 84.85 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate1.47 children born/woman (2021 est.)1.5 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.2% (2020 est.)0.1% (2017 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Italian(s)

adjective: Italian
noun: Austrian(s)

adjective: Austrian
Ethnic groupsItalian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)Austrian 80.8%, German 2.6%,  Bosnian and Herzegovinian 1.9%, Turkish 1.8%, Serbian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, other 10% (2018 est.)

note: data represent population by country of birth
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS140,000 (2020 est.)

note: estimate does not include children
7,400 (2017 est.)
ReligionsChristian 80.8% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim 4.9%, unaffiliated 13.4%, other 0.9% (2020 est.)Catholic 57%, Eastern Orthodox 8.7%, Muslim 7.9%, Evangelical Christian 3.3%, other/none/unspecified 23.1% (2018 est.)

note:  data on Muslim is a 2016 estimate; data on other/none/unspecified are from 2012-2018 estimates
HIV/AIDS - deaths<1000 (2020 est.)<100 (2017 est.)
LanguagesItalian (official), 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)

major-language sample(s):
L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)

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German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in southern Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.)

major-language sample(s):
Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)

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School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2018)
total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 16 years (2018)
Education expenditures4% of GDP (2017)5.4% of GDP (2017)
Urbanizationurban population: 71.3% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
urban population: 59% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.68% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: urban: 98.8% of population

rural: 98.6% of population

total: 98.8% of population

unimproved: urban: 1.2% of population

rural: 1.4% of population

total: 1.2% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
Major cities - population4.278 million ROME (capital), 3.144 million Milan, 2.183 million Naples, 1.795 million Turin, 900,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2021)1.945 million VIENNA (capital) (2021)
Maternal mortality rate2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Health expenditures8.7% (2018)10.3% (2018)
Physicians density3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2018)5.17 physicians/1,000 population (2017)
Hospital bed density3.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)7.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate19.9% (2016)20.1% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth31.3 years (2019 est.)29.7 years (2019 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate65.1% (2013)

note: percent of women aged 18-49
79% (2019)

note: percent of women aged 16-49
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 57

youth dependency ratio: 20.4

elderly dependency ratio: 36.6

potential support ratio: 2.7 (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 50.6

youth dependency ratio: 21.7

elderly dependency ratio: 28.9

potential support ratio: 3.5 (2020 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook