Facts and Figures

Full name: Republic of Italy

Nationality
        noun: Italian(s)
        adjective: Italian

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Area
        total: 301,230 sq km
        land: 294,020 sq km
        water: 7,210 sq km
        note: includes Sardinia and Sicily

Population: 58,103,033 (July 2005 est.)

Ethnic groups: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)

Capital: Rome, population 2 650 000

Largest Cities
        Milan - 1 300 000
        Naples - 1 050 000
        Turin - 910 000

Official Language
        Italian (official)
        German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking)
        French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region)
        Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)  
 
Religion: predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community 

Political system: republic

GDP: purchasing power parity - $1.609 trillion (2004 est.)

GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $27,700 (2004 est.) 

Annual growth: 1.3% (2004 est.) 

GDP - composition by sector 
        agriculture: 2.3%
        industry: 28.8%
        services: 68.9% (2004 est.)

Inflation: 2.3% (2004 est.)

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