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{{Hatnote|For a specific analysis o the population o Italy, see [[Demografics o Italy]].}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
|group = Italians
|image = [[File:Famous Italians Mosaic.png|300px]]
'''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]].
|population = '''[[Circa|c.]] 124 million'''
|regions = {{flag|Italy}} {{nbsp|6}} 55,695,126 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://censimentopopolazione.istat.it/_res/doc/pdf/primi-risultati-censimento_opuscolo.pdf |title=15° Censimento generale della popolazione e delle abitazioni |author= |date=27 aprile 2012 |publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|ISTAT]] |language=Italian |accessdate=22 September 2012 |archive-date=2018-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224213734/http://censimentopopolazione.istat.it/_res/doc/pdf/primi-risultati-censimento_opuscolo.pdf%20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|region1 = {{flag|Brazil}}
|pop1 = 32,047,494
|ref1 = <ref name=Italian-World>{{cite web |url=http://www.migranti.torino.it/Documenti%20%20PDF/italianial%20ster05.pdf |title=Italiani nel Mondo: diaspora italiana in cifre |author= |date=30 April 2004 |publisher=Migranti Torino |language=Italian |accessdate=22 September 2012 |archive-date=2008-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227022729/http://www.migranti.torino.it/Documenti%20%20PDF/italianial%20ster05.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|region2 = {{flag|Argentinae}}
|pop2 = 16,427,786
|ref2= <ref name=Italian-World />
|region3 = {{flag|Unitit States}}
|pop3 = 15,728,020
|ref3 = <ref name=Italian-World />
|region4 = {{flag|Fraunce}}
|pop4 = 1,903,890
|ref4 = <ref name=Italian-World />
|region5 = {{flag|Canadae}}
|pop5 =  1,445,335
|ref5 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Data=Count&Table=2&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000 |title=Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories - 20% sample data |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=6 October 2010 |accessdate=22 September 2012 |archive-date=2013-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723224016/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/index-eng.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|region6 = {{flag|Uruguay}}
|pop6 = 1,055,220
|ref6 = <ref name=Italian-World />
|region7 = {{flag|Australie}}
|pop7 = 852,418
|ref7 =<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/C724250359785DC6CA25754C0013DC0A/$File/20700_cultural_overview.pdf|title=A Picture of the Nation: Cultural diversity overview |publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] |date=29 January 2009 |accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref>
|region8 = {{flag|Germany}}
|pop8 = 695,160
|ref8 = <ref name=Italian-World />
|region9 = {{flag|Swisserland}}
|pop9 = 521,146
|ref9 = <ref name=Italian-World />
|region10 = {{flag|Belgium}}
|pop10 = 376,091
|ref10 = <ref name=Italian-World />
|region11 = {{flag|Unitit Kinrick}}
|pop11 = 255,403
|ref11 = <ref name=Italian-World />
|region12 = {{flag|Chile}}
|pop12 = 184,997
|ref12 = <ref name=Italian-World />
|region13 = {{flag|Venezuela}}
|pop13 = 126,553
|ref13 = <ref name=Italian-World />
|region14 = {{flag|Sooth Africae}}
|pop14 = 77,400
|ref14 = <ref name=Italian-World />
|region15 = {{flag|Spain}}
|pop15 = 38,694
|ref15 = <ref name=Italian-World />
|region16 = Ither kintras
|pop16 = <20,000
|ref16 =
|languages = Historically [[Laitin]], noudays [[Italian leid|Italian]] an ither [[Leids o Italy|leids]].<br />([[Sicilian leid|Sicilian]]{{·}} [[Soothren Italian|Neapolitan]]{{·}} [[Corsican leid|Corsican]]{{·}} [[Sardinie leid|Sardinie]]{{·}} [[Piedmontese leid|Piedmontese]]{{·}} [[Ligurie (Romance leid)|Ligurie]]{{·}} [[Lombard leid|Lombard]]{{·}} [[Venetian leid|Venetian]]{{·}} [[Friulan leid|Friulan]])
|religions = Predominantly [[Roman Catholic Kirk|Roman Catholic]].
|related = Ither [[Romance-speakin Europe|Laitin fowks]]: [[French fowk|French]] • [[Portuguese fowk|Portuguese]] • [[Romanies]] • [[Romansh fowk|Romansch]] • [[Spainyie fowk|Spainyie]] • [[Walloons]]<br/>Historically relatit: [[Greeks]] • [[Maltese fowk|Maltese]]
|footnotes =
}}

'''Italians''' ({{lang-it|italiani}}) are an [[ethnic group]] native o [[Italy]] that share a common [[Culture o Italy|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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interno.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/temi/cittadinanza/Sottotema_007_English_version.html |title=Criteria underlying legislation concerning citizenship |publisher=[[Ministry of Interior (Italy)|Italian Ministry of Interior]] |date= |accessdate=22 September 2012 |archive-date=2012-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622185138/http://www.interno.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/temi/cittadinanza/Sottotema_007_English_version.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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