One in every 347 babies born in the world today is born in Italy. Italy has about 380,000 births a year, around 0.3% of all births worldwide.
- Births per year
- 380,000
- Share of world births
- 0.3%
- Birth odds
- 1/347
- Life expectancy
- 83 years
- Risk of dying before age 5
- 0.3%
- Income per person, PPP
- $55,000
- Children per woman
- 1.2
- Urban population
- 72%
Life expectancy in Italy is 83 years, which is 10 years longer than the world average.
Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 3 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.
Income per person is about $55,000 in purchasing power. That is 2.4 times the world average.
On average a woman has 1.2 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.
About 72% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 28% chance of being born in the countryside.
Religious makeup
- Christianity83%
- No religion13%
- Islam4%
Sample names given to people born in this country in the game
Leonardo · Francesco · Lorenzo · Matteo · Sofia · Giulia · Aurora · Ginevra
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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.