The following are international rankings of Italy.
Rome: ranked 9; Time Out's Top Ten cities in the world 2009, Timesonline
Milan: ranked 1; Top Fashion Capital 2009, The Global Language Monitor
Population: ranked 23
Population density: ranked 58
Total fertility rate: ranked 205
Birth rate: ranked 221
Mortality rate: ranked 57
World Economic Forum 2013–2014 Global Competitiveness Report: ranked 49 out of 148 countries
Nominal Gross Domestic Product: ranked 7
Public debt: ranked 7 at 104% of GDP
PPP Gross Domestic Product: ranked 10
Economic growth rate: ranked 195 at 1.40%
Labour force participation: 23rd in the world (24,740,000 workers).
Unemployment: 78th lowest at 6.20%
Index of Economic Freedom: ranked 64
Total area: ranked 71
World Resources Institute length of coastline: ranked 28 out of 149 countries
Infant mortality rate: ranked 16
Life expectancy: ranked 18
HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate: ranked 73 at 0.5%
Total HIV/AIDS adult infectons: ranked 42 at 140,000
International Union of Railways: Rail transport network size: ranked 17
CIA World Factbook: road network size 2004, ranked 14
CIA World Factbook: number of airports 2007, ranked 46
CIA World Factbook: waterways length ranked 40
Military expenditures: ranked 7
Economist Intelligence Unit 2012 Democracy Index: ranked 32 out of 167 countries
Transparency International 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index: ranked 69 out of 177 countries
Freedom House 2013 Freedom of the Press (report): ranked 33 out of 197 countries and territories
5th most Christian country in the world by percent of population (47,690,000; 90%).
5th most Roman Catholic country in the world by percent of population (55,599,000; 97.20% of all Italian Christians)
Quality-of-Life Index: ranked 8
Alcohol consumption: ranked 48
University of Leicester Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, ranked 50 out of 178 countries
United Nations Development Programme 2013 Human Development Index ranked 25 out of 187
Association football: Italian men's team are 2nd in the world in FIFA World Rankings, and 4th in the world in World Football Elo Ratings
Italian women's team are 13th in the world in FIFA Women's World Rankings
Basketball: Italy national basketball team are 8th in the world in FIBA World Rankings
Cricket: Italian cricket team are 27th in the world.
6th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table (combined summer and winter)
5th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table (summer games).
11th most successful nation on the All-time Olympic Games medal table (winter games).
Rugby League: Italy national rugby league team are 16th in the world on the RLIF World Rankings
Rugby Union: Italy national rugby union team are 10th in the world on the IRB World Rankings
Water Polo: Italy men's national water polo team are 6th in the world
Italy women's national water polo team are 1st in the world
Volleyball: Italy men's national volleyball team are 6th in the world on the FIVB World Rankings
Italy women's national volleyball team are 2nd in the world in the FIVB World Rankings
World Economic Forum 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index: ranked 26 out of 140 economies
United Nations World Tourism Organization 2012 international tourism receipts: ranked 5
United Nations World Tourism Organization 2012 international tourism expenditures: ranked 10
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