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Since 1924
Area
302,073 sq. km.
Population
58.8 million (estimated January 2023).
Capital
Rome (city), with about 2.873 million inhabitants.
Currency
Euro (EUR).
Language
Italian.
Imports
(2024): 625 billion euros.
Exports
(2024): 591 billion euros.
Principal imports
(2021) (in million U.S. dollars): crude petroleum ($35.1B), cars ($29.8B), packaged medicaments ($17.4B), petroleum gas ($15.8B), refined petroleum ($9.11B), broadcasting equipment ($8.06B), gold ($5.08B).
Principal exports
(2021) (in million U.S. dollars): packaged medicaments ($25B), cars ($15.4B), vehicle parts ($14.3B), refined petroleum ($13.9B), valves ($8.21B), leather footwear ($7.7) jewelry ($7.32B), wine ($7.25B).
Most important agricultural and industrial products
Wheat, maize, rye, barley, oats, rice, fruit, chestnuts, dried fruit, vegetables, olive oil, flowers, eggs, cheese, wine, spirits, macaroni, tomato sauce, hemp, silk, artificial fibers, stockings, felt and straw hats, alabaster, marble, quicksilver, aluminium, natural gas, methane gas, iron, manganese, lead, zinc, tin, magnesium, sulphur, iodine, kaolin, motorcycles, bicycles, motorcars, load carrying vehicles and other land vehicles, ships, aircraft, agricultural machines, typewriters and calculating machines, data processing apparatuses and systems, telecommunication systems, cement, glass, sulphuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, citric acid, sodium borate, dyes, rubber articles, buttons, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, biomedical products.
Italy has rapidly changed from a pre-eminently agricultural country to an industrialized one. Of the entire area, 92% is productive, the remaining 8% being the unproductive regions, mainly in the higher mountains.
The production of machines is steadily growing. Particular attention is being paid to attaining higher productivity in industry.
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