Italy
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Europe.
Italy is the boot, with Sicily and Sardinia as separate islands.
- Capital
- Rome
- Continent
- Europe
More Europe quizzes - Land neighbours
- Austria, France, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
- Population
- 58,915,656 (2025)
- Total area
- 302,070 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 43.5° N, 12.3° E
Italy at a glance
Italy is a country in Europe. Its capital is Rome. It shares land borders with 6 countries: Austria, France, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland and Vatican City.
Flag of Italy
Italy’s flag is drawn in the proportions 2:3 (height to width), the most common shape among the 197 flags in our quizzes (87 of them).
Ireland and Italy: green and white vertical bands with a third band that is orange for Ireland and red for Italy.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Mexico, France, Ireland and Mali.
Italy in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Europe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 58,915,656 | 25thof 195 | 5thof 44 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 302,070 km² | 71stof 194 | 10thof 43 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $2.552T | 9thof 182 | 5thof 41 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $43,309 | 24thof 182 | 17thof 41 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 84.0 years | 8thof 195 | 7thof 44 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.18 | 182ndof 195 | 36thof 44 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $3,283 | 27thof 191 | 20thof 42 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 69.7% | 76thof 195 | 25thof 44 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 89.2% | 60thof 180 | 29thof 43 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 32.9% | 92ndof 191 | 23rdof 42 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 5.08 t | 47thof 181 | 19thof 37 |
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
Italy compared with its neighbours
| Country | Population2025 | Area2023 | GDP per person2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 58,915,656 | 302,070 km² | $43,309 |
| Austria | 9,208,163 | 83,879 km² | $62,930 |
| France | 68,720,337 | 606,410 km² | $48,986 |
| San Marino | 34,109 | 60 km² | — |
| Slovenia | 2,130,986 | 20,480 km² | $37,376 |
| Switzerland | 9,092,436 | 41,291 km² | $114,769 |
| Vatican City | — | — | — |
Quizzes featuring Italy
Inside Italy
- Regions of ItalyCan you name all 20 regions of Italy?
- Italian Regional CapitalsCan you name the capitals of Italy’s regions?
Map quizzes
Flag, outline and capital quizzes
- Flags of the World
- Country Shapes
- World Capitals
- Guess the Flag
- Guess the Capital
- Flags of Europe
- Capitals of Europe
- Europe Country Shapes
New every day: Daily Country Shape and Daily Higher or Lower. All daily puzzles
Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Italy · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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