Italy
Population 2026
58,926,166
Overview
- Yearly change
- -0.37%
- Density
- 199 per km²
- Land area
- 295,720 km²
- Capital
- Rome
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Official languages
- IT-IT, DE-IT, FR-IT, SC
- Urban population
- 69.7%
- Continent
- EU
Demographics
- Births
- 379,6212026
- Deaths
- 669,4012026
- Birth rate
- 6.3per 1,000
- Death rate
- 11.0per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.18
- Life expectancy
- 84.0At birth, years
- Median age
- 48.6
- Net migration
- 75,448
Age distribution
- 0–1411.7%
- 15–6463.2%
- 65+25.1%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $2.6T
- GDP per capita
- $43.3K
- GDP growth
- +0.5%
- Inflation
- 1.5%
- Unemployment
- 6.4%
- Exports
- $822B
- Imports
- $773B
- Tourism receipts
- 3.7%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture2.1%
- Industry22.6%
- Manufacturing15.0%
- Services64.5%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture3.3%
- Industry26.4%
- Services70.2%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RomeLazio | 2,318,8952025 |
| 2 | MilanLombardy | 1,371,4982026 |
| 3 | NaplesCampania | 909,0482026 |
| 4 | TurinPiedmont | 847,2872026 |
| 5 | PalermoSicily | 648,2602023 |
| 6 | GenoaLiguria | 580,0972026 |
| 7 | BolognaEmilia-Romagna | 394,8432025 |
| 8 | FlorenceTuscany | 367,1502026 |
| 9 | BariApulia | 316,4912022 |
| 10 | CataniaSicily | 311,5842022 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58,926,166 | 380K | 669K |
| 2020 | 59,912,763 | 408K | 750K |
| 2010 | 60,164,212 | 562K | 583K |
| 2000 | 57,272,200 | 541K | 558K |
| 1990 | 57,031,457 | 570K | 545K |
| 1980 | 56,412,086 | 640K | 551K |
| 1970 | 53,390,231 | 900K | 522K |
| 1960 | 49,514,555 | 904K | 480K |
| 1950 | 46,391,674 | 913K | 452K |