Italy: flag, capital & map
Get to know Italy, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Rome
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Southern Europe
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 58,915,656
- Area
- 301,336 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Italian, Catalan
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Euro (EUR)
- Land neighbours
- Austria, France, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Rome is Italy’s capital. Italy’s flag has green, white, and red vertical bands.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Italy
The flag of Italy is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, white and red.
Where it is
Italy is grouped in Southern Europe, within Roam’s Europe region. Its land-border list includes 6 countries in this atlas: Austria, France, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Italy has a recorded area of 301,336 square kilometres. Among the 9 countries assigned to Southern Europe in this dataset, it ranks 2 by area, from largest to smallest. Spain is immediately above it in that ordering, at 505,992 km². Greece is immediately below it, at 131,990 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 58,915,656 people for Italy in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 196 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Italian and Catalan. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Euro (EUR). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Italy?
Reveal answer
Rome. Rome is Italy’s capital. Italy’s flag has green, white, and red vertical bands.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Italy?
Reveal answer
The flag of Italy is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, white and red.
Which land neighbours of Italy are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Austria, France, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Vatican City. The source classifies Italy as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Italy?
Reveal answer
Italian and Catalan. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Italy.
Which currency codes are listed for Italy?
Reveal answer
Euro (EUR). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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