Europe · Southern Europe
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.
Australia · 7,692,024 km²
Italy
301,336 km²
% of Australia
3.92%
