Sunday, June 10, 2018

Here again is an European country that has a very consistent population, this time of 60.6 million.

Italy population is equivalent to 0.78% of the total world population.

Italy ranks number 23 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.

The population density in Italy is 202 per Km2 (522 people per mi2).

The total land area is 294,140 Km2 (113,568 sq. miles)

71.8 % of the population is urban (42,587,390 people in 2018)

The median age in Italy is 46.3 years.

The graph below is extends to the 1960s. Italy has been reducing it's carbon footprint no differently than most of Europe and they are winning. The USA is far too greedy to actually win the battle everyone is facing in the climate crisis.

Italy - CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)

CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita) (click here) in Italy was reported at 5.2709 in 2014, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources.

Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.