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Italy, Europe

This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.

Rome, capital city of Italy

Image of Rome, capital city of Italy

Italy is a G7 country excelling in design and advanced manufacturing, expanding renewable-energy capacity, and hosting extensive UNESCO heritage.
Italy in one word would be “Renaissance,” meaning art rebirth.

Italy Flag

Flag of Italy

Italy armorial

armorial of Italy

Italy Map

Italy is a country located in the Southern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of European Union.

Easy learning about Italy

The capital city of Italy is Rome.

Italy is located in Southern Europe
Europe Continent
Member of European Union since 1958
Euro since 1999
Schengen since 1997
NATO since 1949
Italy has a population of 59,499,453 inhabitants
within a total area of 301,230 Km2
(187,175 sq mi)
(2023 UN data)
Italy’s Global Peace Index (GPI) 33 (world rank position)
GPI scale of 1.69
This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is...
(2024 data from GPI)
Human Development Index (HDI) Italy HDI ranks in position nº 29 worldwide
HDI of 0.915 (0.4 to 1)
(2023 data from UNDP)
Italy’s passport allows visa-free entry to 189 countries
Italy passport ranks 3rd in the world
(2025 HP Index data)
Italy GDP per capita is $41,091 USD
(2025 estimated data from IMF)
Italy ’s LGBTI legal status Same-sex sexual acts are Legal
(2025 ILGA data)
Italy EPI (English Proficiency Index)is classified as Moderate proficiency
has a score of 528
ranks 46th worldwide
(2024 data from EPI)
Latitude & Longitude 42° 50' N, 12° 50' E
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Neighbouring countriesSwitzerland, Vatican, Slovenia, San Marino, France, Austria.
Italy Climatepredominantly Mediterranean; alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
Most predominant religionChristian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants),
Second most predominant religionMuslim
Currency name & code Euro (EUR)
Internet ccTLD.it
Italy calling code+39

Italy administrative divisions

15 regions (regioni) and 5 autonomous regions (regioni autonome);

regions:

  1. Abruzzo,
  2. Basilicata,
  3. Calabria,
  4. Campania,
  5. Emilia-Romagna,
  6. Lazio (Latium),
  7. Liguria,
  8. Lombardia,
  9. Marche,
  10. Molise,
  11. Piemonte (Piedmont),
  12. Puglia (Apulia),
  13. Toscana (Tuscany),
  14. Umbria,
  15. Veneto

autonomous regions:

  1. Friuli Venezia Giulia,
  2. Sardegna (Sardinia),
  3. Sicilia (Sicily),
  4. Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol) or Trentino-Suedtirol (German),
  5. Valle d'Aosta (Aosta Valley) or Vallee d'Aoste (French)

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