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Capital city:
Rome
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 90% (approximately; about one-third practicing), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community)
Languages:
Italian (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)
Population:
61,016,804 (July 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 23
Age structure:
0-14 years: 13.8% (male 4,315,292/female 4,124,624)
 15-64 years: 65.9% (male 19,888,901/female 20,330,495)
 65 years and over: 20.3% (male 5,248,418/female 7,109,074) (2011 est.)
Median age:
total: 43.5 years
 male: 42.4 years
 female: 44.7 years (2011 est.)