Italy has more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country. From the Roman Colosseum to the canals of Venice and Michelangelo's David, Italy's cultural heritage spans millennia.
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These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 197 people per km² rank 52 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.735 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Europe | 8.0% of its people, 1.3% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 116,348 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Oman (309,500 km²) |
| Closest in population | South Africa (63,212,384 people) |
26 other countries in our list also use EUR: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland and 18 more.
The +39 code is shared with Vatican City; the digits that follow tell the networks apart.