Updated on July 16, 2023 with the latest
July 2023-July 2024 estimates from the 2022 U.N. Revision

Italy Population (LIVE)

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Italy Population (1950 - 2023)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Italy is 58,826,139 as of Tuesday, October 3, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data ¹.
Italy 2023 population is estimated at 58,870,762 people at mid year.
Italy population is equivalent to 0.73% of the total world population.
Italy ranks number 25 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Italy is 200 per Km² (518 people per mi²).
The total land area is 294,140 Km2 (113,568 sq. miles)
71.9 % of the population is urban (42,343,688 people in 2023)
The median age in Italy is 47.7 years.

1. Updated on July 16, 2023 with the latest July 2023-July 2024 estimates from the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Italy (2023 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Italy Global Rank
2023	58,870,762	-0.28 %	-166,712	58,496	47.7	1.30	200	71.9 %	42,343,688	0.73 %	8,045,311,447	25
2022	59,037,474	-0.34 %	-202,855	58,496	47.3	1.29	201	71.5 %	42,233,014	0.74 %	7,975,105,156	25
2020	59,500,579	-0.38 %	-227,353	28,021	46.4	1.26	202	70.6 %	42,006,701	0.76 %	7,840,952,880	24
2015	60,232,906	0.14 %	82,091	34,031	44.4	1.35	205	68.7 %	41,393,818	0.81 %	7,426,597,537	23
2010	59,822,450	0.55 %	324,515	270,043	42.5	1.45	203	68.2 %	40,811,310	0.86 %	6,985,603,105	23
2005	58,199,876	0.43 %	246,696	250,910	40.8	1.34	198	68.4 %	39,835,813	0.89 %	6,558,176,119	22
2000	56,966,397	0.03 %	16,254	49,166	39.2	1.25	194	67.6 %	38,513,990	0.93 %	6,148,898,975	22
1995	56,885,126	0.05 %	25,713	28,851	37.7	1.19	193	67.4 %	38,316,513	0.99 %	5,743,219,454	22
1990	56,756,561	0.04 %	24,019	21,268	36.1	1.33	193	67.2 %	38,118,729	1.07 %	5,316,175,862	17
1985	56,636,465	0.11 %	61,397	-19,940	34.6	1.42	193	67.3 %	38,099,260	1.16 %	4,861,730,613	15
1980	56,329,482	0.44 %	247,099	261,163	33.1	1.64	192	66.7 %	37,597,841	1.27 %	4,444,007,706	13
1975	55,093,989	0.66 %	353,991	46,976	32.6	2.17	187	65.9 %	36,320,918	1.35 %	4,069,437,231	14
1970	53,324,036	0.72 %	374,236	-67,909	32.0	2.39	181	64.6 %	34,436,288	1.44 %	3,695,390,336	13
1965	51,452,854	0.77 %	387,029	-37,417	31.3	2.60	175	62.2 %	31,990,341	1.54 %	3,337,111,983	10
1960	49,517,707	0.57 %	277,396	-145,608	30.5	2.38	168	59.6 %	29,527,606	1.64 %	3,019,233,434	11
1955	48,130,728	0.74 %	347,758	-128,698	29.2	2.32	164	57.1 %	27,502,303	1.75 %	2,746,072,141	10

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Italy Population Forecast

58,496

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Italy Global Rank
2025	58,518,843	-0.33 %	-196,347	58,496	48.5	1.32	199	72.7 %	42,568,771	0.71 %	8,191,988,453	25
2030	57,544,258	-0.34 %	-194,917	58,496	50.3	1.35	196	75.0 %	43,160,835	0.67 %	8,546,141,327	27
2035	56,462,486	-0.38 %	-216,354	58,496	51.5	1.38	192	77.4 %	43,721,504	0.64 %	8,879,397,401	30
2040	55,258,472	-0.43 %	-240,803	58,496	52.4	1.40	188	80.0 %	44,209,769	0.60 %	9,188,250,492	33
2045	53,878,465	-0.50 %	-276,001	58,496	53.0	1.42	183	82.7 %	44,551,510	0.57 %	9,467,543,575	36
2050	52,250,484	-0.61 %	-325,596		53.4	1.44	178	85.5 %	44,670,873	0.54 %	9,709,491,761	37

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Italy Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Italy

Life Expectancy

84.20 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)
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Infant Mortality

2.1

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
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Deaths under age 5

2.5

(per 1,000 live births)
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Main Cities by Population in Italy

(includes boroughs, districts, urban agglomerations, etc.)

#	CITY NAME	POPULATION
1	Rome	2,318,895
2	Milan	1,236,837
3	Naples	959,470
4	Turin	870,456
5	Palermo	648,260
6	Genoa	580,223
7	Bologna	366,133
8	Florence	349,296
9	Catania	290,927
10	Bari	277,387
11	Messina	219,948
12	Verona	219,103
13	Padova	203,725
14	Trieste	187,056
15	Brescia	184,826
16	Prato	181,820
17	Taranto	181,082
18	Reggio Calabria	169,140
19	Modena	158,886
20	Livorno	153,773
21	Cagliari	149,257
22	Mestre	147,662
23	Parma	146,299
24	Foggia	137,032
25	Reggio nell'Emilia	133,296
26	Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica	129,362
27	Salerno	125,797
28	Perugia	120,137
29	Monza	119,618
30	Rimini	118,673
31	Pescara	116,596
32	Bergamo	114,162
33	Vicenza	107,129
34	Bolzano	99,049
35	Andria	98,342
36	Udine	97,761
37	Siracusa	97,472
38	Terni	97,050
39	Forli	93,638
40	Novara	93,295
41	Barletta	93,279
42	Piacenza	93,228
43	Ferrara	92,802
44	Sassari	91,895
45	Ancona	89,994
46	La Spezia	88,491
47	Torre del Greco	85,897
48	Como	81,975
49	Lucca	81,748
50	Ravenna	80,868
51	Lecce	80,695
52	Trento	80,425
53	Giugliano in Campania	80,269
54	Busto Arsizio	79,519
55	Lido di Ostia	79,400
56	Cesena	79,398
57	Catanzaro	78,970
58	Brindisi	78,548
59	Marsala	77,915
60	Treviso	77,604
61	Pesaro	77,241
62	Pisa	77,007
63	Varese	76,851
64	Sesto San Giovanni	76,509
65	Arezzo	76,346
66	Latina	76,305
67	Gela	73,854
68	Pistoia	73,832
69	Caserta	72,844
70	Cinisello Balsamo	71,109

Notes

The Italy Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Italy delivered by Worldometer's RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Italy (1950 - 2023) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2023.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2023. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2023: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2023: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country's Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Italy in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.