Italy: Capital, Population, Currency and Facts

Key facts

Capital: Rome
Region: Europe, Southern Europe
Population: 58,915,656 (2025)
Area: 301,230 km²
Currency: euro (EUR)
Languages: Italian, German, French, Sardinian, Catalan
Calling code: +39
Internet domain: .it
ISO codes: IT, ITA, 380
Time zone: UTC+1:00
United Nations: Member state
Postal code pattern: ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)

Land and position

Italy covers about 301,230 square kilometres. By area it ranks 73rd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Oman and a little larger than Philippines. It shares a land border with 6 neighbours: Austria, Switzerland, France, Slovenia, San Marino, Vatican City. Its centre lies at about 43° north, 13° east, in the northern hemisphere.

Neighbours

People

About 58.9 million people live in Italy (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 25th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.72 percent of the world's people. On average there are 196 people to each square kilometre. About 70 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 84 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Italian, German, French, Sardinian, Catalan, Corsican, Slovenian. A person from Italy is called Italian.

Money and economy

The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland and 28 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 2.55 trillion (2025), which is about US$ 43,309 for each person (2025).

Time

Italy uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/Rome). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.

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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

City	People
Rome	2,318,895
Milan	1,371,498
Naples	909,048
Turin	847,287
Palermo	648,260
Genoa	580,097

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Southern Europe

Andorra, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Spain. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.