Facts and Figures
Full name:
Republic of Italy
Nationality
noun: Italian(s) adjective: Italian
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Area
total: 301,230 sq km land: 294,020 sq km water: 7,210 sq km
note: includes Sardinia and Sicily
Population: 58,103,033 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
Capital: Rome, population 2 650 000
Largest Cities
Milan – 1 300 000 Naples – 1 050 000 Turin – 910 000
Official Language
Italian (official) German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking) French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d’Aosta region) Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
Religion: predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community
Political system: republic
GDP: purchasing power parity – $1.609 trillion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $27,700 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 1.3% (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 2.3% industry: 28.8% services: 68.9% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 2.3% (2004 est.)