Italy in short resume.

1. Italy

2. Rome,
modern and old,
past and present
go side by side
all the time.
Rome is one of world's most photogenic cities
Rome is one of
world's most
photogenic cities.

3. Italian is the official language of
Italy and 93% of population are
native Italian speakers.
Around 50% of population
speak a regional dialect as
mother tongue.
Many dialects are mutually
unintelligible and thus
considered by linguists as
separate languages, but are not
officially recognized

4. Land boundaries length:
• Switzerland 740 km
• France 488 km
• Austria 430 km
• Slovenia 199 km
• San Marino 39 km
• Vatican City 3 km

5. Population: 58,133,509 approximately
Age structure can be defined as:
0-14 years: 14.03%
15-64 years: 65.93%
65 years and over: 20.04%
Growth Rate of Population: 0.68%
Net Migration Rate: 7.5%
Population divided into different genders
Sex Ratio in the following Age Groups at birth:
1.07 males per a female
Under 15 years: 1.06 males per a female
15-64 years: 1.02 males per a female
65 years and over: 0.72 male per a female
Ethnic groups: Italian. But exists some
clusters of German, French, and Slovene.
There are also few Albanian-Italians and
Greek-Italians in the south

6. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Italy was worth 2193.97 billion US dollars
in 2012. The GDP value of Italy represents 3.54 percent of the world economy.
GDP in Italy is reported by the The World Bank Group.
Historically, from 1960 until 2012, Italy GDP averaged 795.21 USD Billion
reaching an all time high of 2307.31 USD Billion in December of 2008 and a
record low of 40.39 USD Billion in December of 1960.
The gross domestic product (GDP) measures of national income and output for a
given country's economy.

7. Italy,
was one of the six founding members
of the European Community in 1957.
Italy has a significant position within the EU. The 1957 founding treaty was signed in
Rome and Italians have traditionally been strongly supportive of European
integration. It has been argued by some people that Italian support for the EU
reflects dissatisfaction with the instability of domestic Italian politics. Italy has been
at the forefront of all major steps towards EU integration, including the single
market, the Schengen convention and the Euro.