, 0 0 0 ▁eth nic ▁It ali ans ▁left ▁T ito ist ▁Y ug oslav ia . ▁Today , ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁people ▁with ▁full ▁or ▁significant ▁Italian ▁ancest ry ▁are ▁found ▁in ▁Brazil ▁( 2 5 ▁million ), ▁Argentina ▁( 2 0   mill ion ), ▁US ▁( 1 7 . 8   mill ion ), ▁France ▁( 5   mill ion ), ▁Venezuela ▁( 2 ▁million ), ▁Uruguay ▁( 1 . 5   mill ion ), ▁Canada ▁( 1 . 4   mill ion ), ▁ ▁and ▁Australia ▁( 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 ). ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁prof ound ▁economic ▁and ▁social ▁changes ▁induced ▁by ▁post war ▁industrial ization , ▁including ▁low ▁birth ▁rates , ▁an ▁ag ing ▁population ▁and ▁thus ▁a ▁shr inking ▁work force , ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁Italy ▁became ▁to ▁attract ▁rising ▁flows ▁of ▁foreign ▁imm igr ants . ▁The ▁present - day ▁figure ▁of ▁about ▁ 5 ▁million ▁foreign ▁residents , ▁that ▁make ▁up ▁some ▁ 8 % ▁of ▁the ▁total ▁population , ▁include ▁ 9 7 , 0 0 0 ▁children ▁born ▁in ▁Italy ▁to ▁foreign ▁national s ▁( 1 4 % ▁of ▁total ▁birth s ▁in ▁Italy ) ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁but ▁exclude ▁foreign ▁national s ▁who ▁have ▁subsequently ▁acquired ▁Italian ▁national ity ; ▁this ▁applied ▁to ▁ 1 0 6 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁The ▁official ▁figures ▁also ▁exclude ▁illegal