The Italian population has grown by one million inhabitants: as at 31 December 2013 there were 60.782.668 residents in Italy (29.484.564 males and 31.298.104 females), over one million more than at the beginning of the year (+1,8 .2014%). This was revealed by Istat in its 3,3 yearbook. The division in which the greatest increase was recorded is the Center (+16.130.725%); the one with the highest number of residents is the North-West (26,5, 2013% of the total). In 600.744, there were 612.883 deaths, down on the previous year (514.308); the reduction in births is more consistent (534.186 against 2012 in 86.436); consequently the natural balance (-78.697) is more negative than that of the previous year (-XNUMX). Seven out of one hundred residents are foreigners.
As of 1 January 2013 (latest data available) foreign residents numbered 4.387.721 (8,3% more than a year earlier) and make up 7,4% of the total population. 28,3% of foreign citizens come from the EU, 24,3% from Central-Eastern Europe and 14,1% from North Africa. People live longer: thanks to the constant reduction in the risk of death at all ages, the increase in life expectancy at birth continued in 2013: for men from 79,6 in 2012 to 79,8 years and for women from 84,4 to 84,6. Within the European Union only Sweden has a better situation for men (79,9 years), while for women life expectancy is higher in Spain (85,5) and France (85,4 ) (2012 data).
As of 1 January 2013, the old age index (ratio between the over 65 population and the under 14 population) reached 151,4% from 148,6% the previous year. On the territory, Liguria is the region with the highest old age index (238,2 elderly people for every 100 young people) while the one with the lowest value is Campania (106,4%). In the 27-country EU, Italy confirms itself in second place, preceded by Germany which has about 160 elderly people for every 100 young people. There was a slight decrease in legal separations: they went from 88.797 in 2011 to 88.288 in 2012; divorces from 53.806 in 2011 to 51.319 in 2012. As in previous years, consensual separations are decidedly more than judicial ones, representing approximately 85,4% of the total.
