Italy
Europe · Southern Europe
Key facts
- Capital
- Rome
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Southern Europe
- Population (2025)
- 58.9 million (58,915,656) · rank 25 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 302,070 km² · rank 71 of 193
- People per km²
- 195 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Italy, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Italy in the map data: 4.
- Austria capitals 770 km apart
- France capitals 1,110 km apart
- Slovenia capitals 490 km apart
- Switzerland capitals 690 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Mexico, Ireland, France, Nigeria.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Italy is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium |
| Europe | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium · Hard | Easy · Medium · Hard |
| Giants by population | Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Italy | Rome |
| Italiano | Italia | Roma |
| Magyar | Olaszország | Róma |
| Suomi | Italia | Rooma |