Italians

Italians
	Individuals namit frae left tae richt: 1st row: Alessandro Volta, Enrico Fermi, Lorenzo de Medici, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Giacomo Leopardi 2nd row: Leonardo da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, Federico Fellini, Giuseppe Verdi, Dante Alighieri 3rd row: Anna Magnani, Ugo Foscolo, Umberto Eco, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Galileo Galilei 4th row: Antonio Vivaldi, Guglielmo Marconi, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Alessandro Manzoni, Grazia Deledda 5th row: Giosuè Carducci, Luciano Pavarotti, Niccolò Machiavelli, Marco Polo, Valentino Rossi 6th row: Sergio Leone, Luigi Pirandello, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Salvatore Quasimodo.
Tot population
	c. 124 million
Regions wi signeeficant populations
	Italy 55,695,126
Brazil	32,047,494
Argentinae	16,427,786
Unitit States	15,728,020
Fraunce	1,903,890
Canadae	1,445,335
Uruguay	1,055,220
Australie	852,418
Germany	695,160
Swisserland	521,146
Belgium	376,091
Unitit Kinrick	255,403
Chile	184,997
Venezuela	126,553
Sooth Africae	77,400
Spain	38,694
Ither kintras	<20,000
Leids
	Historically Laitin, noudays Italian an ither leids.; (Sicilian · Neapolitan · Corsican · Sardinie · Piedmontese · Ligurie · Lombard · Venetian · Friulan)
Releegion
	Predominantly Roman Catholic.
Relatit ethnic groups
	Ither Laitin fowks: French • Portuguese • Romanies • Romansch • Spainyie • Walloons; Historically relatit: Greeks • Maltese

Italians (Italian: italiani) are an ethnic group native o Italy that share a common Italian culture, ancestry an speak the Italian leid as a mither tongue. Legally, Italians are citizens o the Italian Republic, regardless o ancestry or kintra o residence (tho the principle o jus sanguinis is uised extensively an arguably mair favorably in the Italian naitionality law), an are distinguisht frae fowk o Italian strynd an frae ethnic Italians livin in territories adjacent tae the Italian Peninsulae.^[5]

Notes

↑ "15° Censimento generale della popolazione e delle abitazioni" (in Italian). ISTAT. 27 aprile 2012. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 2018-12-24. Retrieved 22 September 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Italiani nel Mondo: diaspora italiana in cifre" (PDF) (in Italian). Migranti Torino. 30 Apryle 2004. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 27 Februar 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
↑ "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - 20% sample data". Statistics Canada. 6 October 2010. Archived frae the original on 23 Julie 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
↑ "A Picture of the Nation: Cultural diversity overview" (PDF). Australian Bureau of Statistics. 29 Januar 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
↑ "Criteria underlying legislation concerning citizenship". Italian Ministry of Interior. Archived frae the original on 22 Juin 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.

[1] "15° Censimento generale della popolazione e delle abitazioni" (in Italian). ISTAT. 27 aprile 2012. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 2018-12-24. Retrieved 22 September 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)

[Italian-World-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Italiani nel Mondo: diaspora italiana in cifre" (PDF) (in Italian). Migranti Torino. 30 Apryle 2004. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 27 Februar 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2012.

[3] "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - 20% sample data". Statistics Canada. 6 October 2010. Archived frae the original on 23 Julie 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2012.

[4] "A Picture of the Nation: Cultural diversity overview" (PDF). Australian Bureau of Statistics. 29 Januar 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2012.

[5] "Criteria underlying legislation concerning citizenship". Italian Ministry of Interior. Archived frae the original on 22 Juin 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.

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