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title: "Italy — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Italy: capital Rome, area 301,340 km², population 58,915,656 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Italy

**Italy: Capital Rome**

301,340 km² · 58,915,656 people (2025) · Euro

Italy has three of Europe's most active volcanoes — Etna, Stromboli and Vesuvius — and Stromboli has been erupting more or less continuously for at least 2,000 years. It has more UNESCO World Heritage sites than any other country. The Alps and Apennines mean about three-quarters of the land is mountain or hill.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Rome
- **Area:** 301,340 km² — 116,348 sq mi
- **Population:** 58,915,656 (2025)
- **Density:** 195.5 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official language:** Italian
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +39
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** IT · ITA
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 72 of 200
- **By population:** 25 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Poland | 312,685 | 36,435,861 |
| Oman | 309,500 | 5,494,691 |
| Italy ← | 301,340 | 58,915,656 |
| Philippines | 300,000 | 116,786,962 |
| Ecuador | 283,561 | 18,289,896 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Italy?

Rome

### What currency does Italy use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is Italy?

301,340 km², or 116,348 square miles — 72 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Italy drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)
- [Oman](https://atoneplace.net/country/oman/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Ecuador](https://atoneplace.net/country/ecuador/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)
- [Romania](https://atoneplace.net/country/romania/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]