Italy: Introduction

Total Population: 60,483,521

Natural Increase: 0.5%

Density: 206 Inhabitants/km²

Urban Population: 68.4%

Population of main cities including suburbs: Roma (3,500,000); Milano (3,550,000); Napoli (3,075,000); Torino (1,600,000); Palermo (672,000).

Ethnic Origins: A majority of Italians, with German, French, Catalan Albanian and Croatian minorities

Official Language: The official language is Italian.

Other Languages Spoken: You should note that the use of dialects persists in this country. Albanian is spoken by approximately 80,000 people in the South and 50,000 people in the rest of the country. 20,000 residents in the North East of Sardinia speak Gallurese. In addition, the Sardinian language is also spoken in Sardinia by approximately 1.2 million people.

Business Language(s): More and more people have some knowledge of English.

Religion: Catholics 83.4%, No religion 16.1%, Others 0.5%.

Literacy Rate: 98.4%

Area: 301,340 km²

Type of State: Republic based on a parliamentary democracy.

Type of Economy: High-income economy, OECD member, G8 member.
The economy relies on imports of raw materials and energy; large public debt (over 100% of GDP)

HDI*: 0.854/1

HDI (World Rank): 23/169

Telephone Code:
To Make a Call From Italy, Dial 00
To Make a Call to Italy, Dial +39

Internet Suffix: .it

Computers: 36.7 per 100 Inhabitants

Telephone Lines: 33.6 per 100 Inhabitants

Internet Users: 48.9 per 100 Inhabitants

Access to Electricity: 100% of the Population