Inhabitants Today Italy counts 61million inhabitants, 2.9 millions more than ten years ago. The population has increased thanks to the flow of incoming foreigners. They are 5 millions + allegedly 2 million illegal immigrants. Total population of Italy Italian population without foreigners

Where are they from?

Distribution of foreign residents by region 86% of foreign residents live in the North and Centre, only 14% in the South

AGE DATE OF BIRTH Foreign population by age and sex Males Females

Babies In Italy 18% of newborn babies are foreigners. Since 2002 births of foreign babies have increased of 209%. We can notice this increase in births of foreign children also from their presence in Italian schools.

Foreign nationalities at I.T.E. Tosi

Sport At the 2012 London Olympic Games 27 Italian athletes out of 276 had foreign origins. Never before so many Italian athletes of foreign origins had competed in the Olympic Games. They are the symbol of an increasingly multiethnic country. In Italian football A division you can find 48 Argentine players, 47 Brasilian players, 17 Uruguayan players, 13 French players and 13 Colombian players.

Problems linked to multicultural Italy Illegal immigrants  Lampedusa Illegal employment Racism Crimes