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Italy with seventh largest nominal GDP enjoys eighth highest index rating in quality of life. Italy is the fourth largest economy in Europe. Italy is essentially a diversified industrial economy with per capita output on par with France and UK. Table below provides the information about few interesting facts about Italy.

Population:
58.14 million people as per July 2008 census
Population Density 198 per square km
Growth rate minus 0.019%
Birth rate 8.36 per 1000 population
Death rate 10.61 deaths per 1000 population
Sex ratio 0.9425 male/female
Life Expectancy 42.90 years
Median Age 41.7 years
Literacy 98.40%

Ethnic Groups:
Predominantly Italian with small clusters of German, French and Slovenes

Religions:
Roman Catholics 90%, other 10% that includes, Protestants, Jewish and migrant Muslims

Gross Domestic Product (GDP):
About $1.786 trillion (Purchasing Power Parity)
Growth rate 1.5%
Per capita $30,000

Industries:
Tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, textile, food processing, motor vehicles, ceramics and footwear

Natural Resources:
Coal, mercury, crude oil and natural gas, marble, zinc, asbestos and pumice.

Italian boot

Italy - Florence

Population density of Italy

Population pyramid

Italian villas

Lately is Italy economy stagnating.

Italian Market place

Italian economy

Majority of Italians are Roman Catholics.