Rome had a population of 100,000 people already in 270 BC which demonstrates the importance of this city over most of modern civilization. The population exceded 1 million by about 44 BC, over two thousand years ago! The population then peaked at 1.65 million in AD 100. Following this point there was a decline in-line with the fall of the Roman empire and by 1347, incredibly there were only 17,000 people living in Rome. Since that time the population has risen decade by decade and passed 1 million in 1931, 1.6 million in 1944 and is around 3.5 million today (4.3 million in the general area of Rome).

Rome, the capital of Italy, is located on the Tiber and Aniene rivers, on the west coast of Italy facing the Mediterranean Sea. The city has a GDP of 75 Billion Euros which is equivalent to that of Singapore and higher then the whole of New Zealand.

The long history extends to nearly 2,800 years during which time it has been a center of learning, trade and commerce. The native Italian population have shared their city throughout the ages with migrants from across Europe and the wider world. In ancient times a large proportion of the population were foreign merchants, slaves, officials and their descendants who came from different areas of the wide empire which bore the city's name.


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