Italy
Italian Republic · Southern Europe
Italy is a country in Southern Europe, with Rome as its capital, home to about 58,915,656 people. Italy shares land borders with 6 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Rome |
|---|---|
| Region | Southern Europe |
| Currency | Euro (EUR €) |
| Calling code | +39 |
| ISO codes | IT / ITA / 380 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇮🇹 |
| Population | 58,915,656 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 301,336 km² |
| Languages | Italian |
| Internet domain | .it |
| Demonym | Italian |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Italy mean?
When Italy's Jacobin founders chose the colors for the first Italian tricolour in 1797, they picked green instead of the blue used on the French flag it was modeled on because, in their words, green stood for nature and, by extension, natural rights and social equality. White and red were carried over directly from the French design without a separate meaning attached to either at the time, and no Italian law has ever fixed an official interpretation of all three colors together. Over the following century the tricolour became a unifying patriotic symbol during Italian unification, independent of any single reading of its individual colors.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Italy
About Italy
Italy, officially Italian Republic, is a United Nations member state in Southern Europe. Its capital and seat of government is Rome. It shares land borders with 6 countries. The official currency is the Euro (€), using the code EUR.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Italy for Rome’s own facts and history.
To call Italy from abroad, dial the country code +39. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes IT (alpha-2) and ITA (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 58,915,656.
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How Italy compares
- Area: 301,336 km², ranking 72 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 58,915,656, ranking 25 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 196 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 6, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
- Currency reach: 37 other countries and territories use the Euro (see the full list).
Flags with the same colours as Italy
11 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, green, white). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
Italy appears in these lists
Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.