Italy Population

Italy at a glance

How Italy's population is changing

Italy's population is roughly stable: −0.06% a year, which works out to about −37,036 people per year, or −101 a day. Births (6.3 per 1,000) and deaths (11.0 per 1,000) alone would give −0.47% a year; net migration adds about 75,448 people a year (+0.13%). Roughly one in every 139 people on Earth lives in Italy.

Population of Italy since 1960

In 1960, Italy had 50,199,700 people. By 2025 that was 58,915,656 — 1.2× larger. The population peaked in 2014 at 60,320,707 and has declined since. The fastest growth came between 1960 and 1970, when the population rose by 7%.

Italy from 1800 to 2100

Modelled estimates put Italy at about 19,000,000 people in 1800; the UN estimates 59,146,263 in 2025 (3× 1800) and projects 35,376,820 for 2100 in its medium scenario. The population is projected to peak around 2014 at 60,664,169 and decline afterwards.

Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.

Largest listed places in Italy

10 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 58,915,656. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.

How Italy compares

Italy has almost the same population as Kenya (57,532,493).

Rank	Country	Population	vs Italy
#23	France	68,720,337	+17%	compare →
#24	South Africa	64,747,319	+10%	compare →
#26	Kenya	57,532,493	−2%	compare →
#27	Myanmar	54,850,648	−7%	compare →

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Same region (Europe & Central Asia): Russia, Türkiye, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Spain.

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Land neighbours (4)

• France 68,720,337 · 1.2× the population · compare
• Austria 9,208,163 · 6.4× smaller · compare
• Switzerland 9,092,436 · 6.5× smaller · compare
• Slovenia 2,130,986 · 27.6× smaller · compare

Italy's 4 neighbours together hold 89,151,922 people — 1.5× Italy's population. The most populous is France (68,720,337).

In its region

Italy is the 6th most populous of the 58 economies in Europe & Central Asia, holding 6.3% of the region's 932,525,035 people.

Rankings featuring Italy

• Largest countries by population #25
• Lowest birth rates #8
• Oldest populations (share aged 65+) #4
• Highest life expectancy #11

Cities

Naples, Milan, Rome, Turin, Palermo, Genoa, Catania, Bologna — all Italy's cities on the map.

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