ITALY Sexuality Data

SEXUAL CURIOSITIES

· Italians are the oldest in Europe to lose their virginity, at the 18.1 years, compared with Iceland (15,6) and Germany (15,9) (Durex 2005)
· In Italy and Sweden the average number of sexual partners is the highest of Europe, 11.8, while Spanish and Germans have respectively 6.1 and 5.8 (Durex 2005)
· Only 36% of the Italians are happy with their sexual life compared with the Belgians (57%) and the Poles (56%) (Durex 2005)
· Only 37% of the Italians claim to be open minded in their sexual life, compared with the Poles (76%), the Slovenes and the Icelanders (both 62%) (Durex 2005)
· 50% of the Italians practice anal sex; they are between the Europeans that use this practice at the most, together with the Greeks (55%) (Durex 2005)
· More of 80% of the Italians (82%) had sex in the car whereas 52% had it in the parents’ room and at the beach (Durex 2005)


POPULATION

Population: 57,6 million
Language: 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)
Nationalities and ethnic groups: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
Religion: approximately 84% Roman Catholic (about one-third regularly attend services); mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community
Birth rate: 8,72 births /1.000 population (2006)
Death rate: 10,4 deaths /1.000 population (2006)
Net Migration Rate: 2,06 migrant(s)/1.000 population (2006)
Total fertility rate: 1.28 children born/woman (2006)
HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS: 0,5% (2001)
HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS: 140.000 (2001)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 1,000 (2003)