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​Italia - Italy

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Italy: Facts & Stats
BY The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

FactsAlso Known As Italia • Repubblica Italiana • Italian Republic
Head Of Government Prime Minister: Mario Draghi
Capital Rome
Population(2021 est.)  58,981,000
Currency Exchange Rate 1 USD equals 0.874 euro
Head Of State President: Sergio Mattarella
Form Of Government republic with two legislative houses (Senate [322]; Chamber of Deputies [630])
Official Language Italian
Official Religion none
Official Name Repubblica Italiana (Italian Republic)
Total Area (Sq Km) 302,073
Total Area (Sq Mi) 116,631
Monetary Unit euro (€)
Population Rank (2021) 25
Population Projection 2030 60,286,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi (2021) 505.7
Density: Persons Per Sq Km(2021) 195.3
Urban-Rural Population Urban: (2018) 70.4% • Rural: (2018) 29.6%
Life Expectancy At Birth Male: (2020) 79.8 years • Female: (2020) 85.3 years
Literacy: Percentage Of Population Age 15 And Over Literate Male: (2015) 99.4% • Female: (2015) 99%
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000)(2020) 1,917,557
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$)(2020) 32,200

1 Includes seven non elective seats (five presidential appointees and two former presidents serving ex officio).
2 In addition, German is locally official in the region of Trentino–Alto Adige, and French is locally official in the region of Valle d’Aosta.
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Italy, officially Italian Republic, Country, south-central Europe. It comprises the boot-shaped peninsula extending far into the Mediterranean Sea as well as Sicily, Sardinia, and a number of smaller islands. Area: 116,631 sq mi (302,073 sq km). Population: (2021 est.) 58,981,000. Capital: Rome. The people are overwhelmingly Italian. Language: Italian (official). Religion: Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholic). Currency: euro. More than three-fourths of Italy is mountainous or highland country. The Alps stretch from east to west along Italy’s northern boundary, and the Apennines stretch southward the length of the peninsula. Most of the country’s lowlands lie in the valley of its major river, the Po. Three tectonic plates converge in southern Italy and Sicily, creating intense geologic activity; southern Italy’s four active volcanoes include Mount Vesuvius and Mount Etna. The economy is based largely on services and manufacturing; exports include machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, textiles, clothing and shoes, and food products (olive oil, wine, fruit, and tomatoes). Italy is a republic with two legislative houses. The head of state is the president, and the head of government is the prime minister. Italy has been inhabited since Paleolithic times. The Etruscan civilization arose in the 9th century BCE and was overthrown by the Romans in the 4th–3rd centuries BCE (see Roman Republic and Empire). Barbarian invasions of the 4th–5th centuries CE destroyed the Western Roman Empire. Italy’s political fragmentation lasted for centuries but did not diminish its impact on European culture, notably during the Renaissance. From the 15th to the 18th century, Italian lands were ruled by France, the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, and Austria. When Napoleonic rule ended in 1815, Italy was again a grouping of independent states. The Risorgimento successfully united most of Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia by 1861, and the unification of peninsular Italy was completed by 1870. Italy joined the Allies during World War I, but social unrest in the 1920s brought to power the Fascist movement of Benito Mussolini, and Italy allied itself with Nazi Germany in World War II. Defeated by the Allies in 1943, Italy proclaimed itself a republic in 1946. It was a charter member of NATO (1949) and of the European Economic Community (now the European Union). It completed the process of setting up regional legislatures with limited autonomy in 1970s. After World War II it experienced rapid changes of government but remained socially stable.
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Italia: All you need to know and some more here
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