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Italy

Italian Republic

Capital
Rome
Rome (Roma)
Population
58,926,166
2026 estimate
Area
301,336 km²
Code
ITA
Languages
Italian
Currencies
Euro (€)

Did you know?

  • Has numerous UNESCO World Heritage properties, including Rome's historic centre, Venice and the Dolomites.
  • The Vatican and San Marino are fully independent countries entirely surrounded by Italy.
  • ☕️Italians invented the piano, the thermometer, eyeglasses, the battery and the espresso machine.
  • 🏅Rome's Pantheon, built in 126 AD, still has the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome.
  • 👥There's a town (Sant'Antimo) where citizens have inherited a recipe for 'eternal soup' kept simmering for centuries.

Location

42.83°, 12.83°

Actual size

Compared to Australia.

Outline of Australia
Australia · 7,692,024 km²
Outline of Italy
Italy
301,336 km²
% of Australia
3.92%