Europe · Southern Europe
Capital: Rome
Italy
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Italy in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #9
Italy's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
58.9M
#25 of 196
88th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$2.6T
#9 of 196
96th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$37.96B
#14 of 196
93rd percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
View data source ↗R&D Spending
$31.96B
#10 of 196
95th percentile
2023 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$382.77B
#7 of 196
97th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Rome
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Southern Europe
- Country code
- ITA
Three interesting facts
Italy shares land borders with 6 countries: Austria, France, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Vatican City.
Italy spans roughly 301,336 square kilometers, placing it around 72nd by area in this factbook.
Italy’s position in Southern Europe places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Italy on the map
Italy is located in Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia. Its terrain is mostly rugged and mountainous, some plains, coastal lowlands. The climate is predominantly Mediterranean, alpine in far north, hot, dry in south. In area, the country is almost twice the size of Georgia, slightly larger than Arizona.
Economy
Economic profile
Italy's economy is characterized by high-income, core EU economy, strong services, manufacturing, and tourism sectors, modest growth supported by net exports, low inflation, and public investments via EU funds, tight labor market with aging workforce and shortages in specialized skills, high public debt levels. Major industries include tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics. Important agricultural products include milk, wheat, grapes, tomatoes, maize, olives, apples, oranges, sugar beets, rice (2023). Notable exports include packaged medicine, garments, cars, refined petroleum, vehicle parts/accessories (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Italy has an estimated population of 58,927,633. Language and cultural traditions vary across Italy. The population includes Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north, Albanian-Italians, Croat-Italians, and Greek-Italians in the south). The urban population represents 72% of total population (2023).
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