Chapter 1 (Economic and Social Development) Gross Domestic Product

Population Growth ( Population and Settlement)

Population

61,261,254 (July 2011 est.)


Population growth rate

0.38% (2011 est.)

Birth rate

9.06 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Death rate

9.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Net migration rate

4.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 68% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

ROME (capital) 3.357 million; Milan 2.962 million; Naples 2.27 million; Turin 1.662 million; Palermo 872,000 (2009)



Infant mortality rate

total: 3.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 81.86 years
male: 79.24 years
female: 84.63 years (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.4 children born/woman (2011 est.)



Nationality

noun: Italian(s)
adjective: Italian

Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
about -2.82




"Italy Demographics Profile 2012." Italy Demographics Profile 2012. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2013.

http://www.indexmundi.com/italy/demographics_profile.html

Hi everyone!

I am going to do Italy since I think that country is beautiful and I hope to go there one day. So I will try and learn anything about it and post them here!




Italy is a country Europe. The way you can recognize the shape of Italy is by thinking it is a high heel boot kicking a rock.

The colors of the Italian flag represent three virtues: hope (green), faith (white), and charity (red).

Can be seen as the cradle of Western Civilization from your history class.

And the best part, it gave birth to pizza!