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Italy
Demographics (CIA World Factbook)
Ethnic groups
Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north, Albanian-Italians, Croat-Italians, and Greek-Italians in the south)
Languages
number of languages:
2
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), Croatian (in Molise)
Major-language sample(s):
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Religions
Christian 80.8% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim 4.9%, unaffiliated 13.4%, other 0.9% (2020 est.)
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Demo Italy
Seat of the Catholic Church (Vatican City). Thousands of churches, cathedrals, and religious art treasures.
Heritage
Vatican City
Seat of the Catholic Church. St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel. Smallest country in the world.
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