Location: Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the
central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia.
Capital City: Rome
Population: 58,133,509 (July 2006 est.)
Gross domestic production GDP: 0.1% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $29,200 (2005 est.)
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GDP composition by: |
agriculture 2.1% |
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Industry 29.1% |
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Service 68.8% (2005 est.) |
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Surface area |
Land use |
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Total: 301,230 sq km |
arable land: 26.41% |
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Land: 294,020 sq km |
permanent crops: 9.09% |
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Water: 7,210 sq km |
other: 64.5% (2005) |
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(note: surface area incl Sardinia and
Sicily) |
Information source: CIA World Factbook