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Italy population
Italy population now
58,869,396
A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 58.0–59.6 million.
Mid-2023, UN estimate: 59,499,453
- Year
- 2026
- projection · medium
- Population, mid-2026
- 58.9262 million
- 95% range, 31 Dec: 58.0–59.6 million
- Median age
- 49.6
- Aged 65+
- 25.6%
male female projection · one cell = 10,000 people
How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.
ITA · 1950–2100 · in brief
Italy in numbers
In mid-2023 there were 59,499,453 people in Italy: the 25th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.74% of the world's people. That is 1.3 times its 1950 population of 46.4 million.
Its population peaked in 2014 at 60.7 million and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 35.4 million in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 23.1 million to 53.2 million.
Deaths have outnumbered births every year since 2007, and do so in every projected year to 2100. Deaths also outnumbered births in 1993–2003 and 2005. The population still grew until 2014, because more people arrived than left.
The median age was 28.5 in 1950 and 48.5 in 2023; the projection has 54.4 in 2100. 24.2% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 37.5% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 1992 at 39.5 million; in 2023 it was 37.9 million.
By size it is the 25th country in 2023; the projection puts it 40th in 2050 and 60th in 2100. It is overtaken by Kenya in 2027, Sudan in 2030 and Uganda in 2030.
- Population, mid-2023
- 59,499,453
- Rank by population, 2023
- 25 of 236
- Share of the world, 2023
- 0.74%
- Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023
- −0.20% · −119,661 people
- People per km² of land, 2023
- 201
- Land area, 2023
- 295,720 km²
- Births, 2023
- 384,627
- Deaths, 2023
- 663,448
- Net migration, 2023
- +150,189
- Children per woman, 2023
- 1.20
- Median age, 2023
- 48.5 years
- Life expectancy at birth, 2023
- 83.7 years
- In a city, 2025
- 34 of every 100
- Population, mid-1950
- 46,391,674
- Projected, mid-2050
- 51,891,098
- Projected, mid-2100
- 35,376,822
ITA · 1950–2100 · total population
Population, 1950–2100
estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.
Show the numbers: Italy, 1950–2100
| Year | Kind | Population, 1 Jan | 95% range | Births | Deaths | Children per woman | Life expectancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | estimate | 46,175,129 | 912,801 | 452,166 | 2.52 | 65.7 | |
| 1951 | estimate | 46,608,218 | 867,310 | 481,182 | 2.38 | 65.3 | |
| 1952 | estimate | 46,895,580 | 849,788 | 474,660 | 2.32 | 65.9 | |
| 1953 | estimate | 47,140,779 | 842,345 | 472,441 | 2.29 | 66.6 | |
| 1954 | estimate | 47,680,991 | 877,690 | 442,400 | 2.35 | 67.9 | |
| 1955 | estimate | 47,983,479 | 878,325 | 446,499 | 2.34 | 68.3 | |
| 1956 | estimate | 48,278,157 | 884,500 | 497,750 | 2.35 | 67.6 | |
| 1957 | estimate | 48,525,746 | 887,147 | 483,992 | 2.35 | 67.8 | |
| 1958 | estimate | 48,788,322 | 881,939 | 457,413 | 2.33 | 68.8 | |
| 1959 | estimate | 49,065,876 | 906,763 | 454,416 | 2.39 | 69.3 | |
| 1960 | estimate | 49,373,015 | 903,976 | 480,134 | 2.38 | 69.2 | |
| 1961 | estimate | 49,656,095 | 916,274 | 468,204 | 2.42 | 69.8 | |
| 1962 | estimate | 49,974,404 | 926,873 | 508,663 | 2.45 | 69.2 | |
| 1963 | estimate | 50,366,775 | 953,338 | 516,735 | 2.52 | 69.3 | |
| 1964 | estimate | 50,775,178 | 1,006,349 | 490,180 | 2.66 | 70.4 | |
| 1965 | estimate | 51,263,979 | 987,129 | 517,368 | 2.62 | 70.3 | |
| 1966 | estimate | 51,697,476 | 974,437 | 495,903 | 2.59 | 71.0 | |
| 1967 | estimate | 52,140,658 | 943,473 | 510,127 | 2.51 | 71.0 | |
| 1968 | estimate | 52,536,010 | 935,828 | 533,400 | 2.49 | 70.9 | |
| 1969 | estimate | 52,888,301 | 928,025 | 538,997 | 2.47 | 70.9 | |
| 1970 | estimate | 53,231,973 | 900,250 | 521,512 | 2.40 | 71.6 | |
| 1971 | estimate | 53,548,498 | 900,724 | 523,499 | 2.40 | 71.9 | |
| 1972 | estimate | 53,867,091 | 882,287 | 524,534 | 2.35 | 72.2 | |
| 1973 | estimate | 54,268,034 | 871,472 | 548,029 | 2.31 | 72.1 | |
| 1974 | estimate | 54,633,100 | 865,442 | 531,899 | 2.29 | 72.8 | |
| 1975 | estimate | 55,009,127 | 824,711 | 553,930 | 2.18 | 72.7 | |
| 1976 | estimate | 55,322,963 | 781,571 | 549,560 | 2.06 | 73.1 | |
| 1977 | estimate | 55,595,868 | 739,807 | 544,668 | 1.94 | 73.4 | |
| 1978 | estimate | 55,833,242 | 706,251 | 538,736 | 1.84 | 73.8 | |
| 1979 | estimate | 56,044,689 | 668,791 | 536,050 | 1.73 | 74.1 | |
| 1980 | estimate | 56,220,071 | 639,671 | 551,286 | 1.65 | 74.0 | |
| 1981 | estimate | 56,604,098 | 623,776 | 545,657 | 1.58 | 74.4 | |
| 1982 | estimate | 56,689,402 | 620,068 | 536,297 | 1.56 | 74.9 | |
| 1983 | estimate | 56,748,949 | 603,596 | 565,537 | 1.51 | 74.7 | |
| 1984 | estimate | 56,783,274 | 589,718 | 535,764 | 1.46 | 75.5 | |
| 1985 | estimate | 56,837,431 | 578,014 | 548,785 | 1.42 | 75.6 | |
| 1986 | estimate | 56,873,570 | 557,096 | 546,062 | 1.35 | 75.9 | |
| 1987 | estimate | 56,878,405 | 553,322 | 534,090 | 1.33 | 76.3 | |
| 1988 | estimate | 56,905,447 | 568,646 | 540,595 | 1.35 | 76.5 | |
| 1989 | estimate | 56,952,055 | 563,009 | 533,153 | 1.33 | 76.9 | |
| 1990 | estimate | 57,001,455 | 569,623 | 544,946 | 1.33 | 77.0 | |
| 1991 | estimate | 57,061,452 | 562,802 | 554,634 | 1.30 | 77.0 | |
| 1992 | estimate | 57,089,335 | 568,121 | 548,566 | 1.30 | 77.4 | |
| 1993 | estimate | 57,160,644 | 549,758 | 553,836 | 1.25 | 77.7 | |
| 1994 | estimate | 57,180,883 | 533,327 | 557,566 | 1.21 | 77.9 | |
| 1995 | estimate | 57,659,393 | 525,219 | 577,032 | 1.19 | 78.1 | |
| 1996 | estimate | 57,147,294 | 528,909 | 552,754 | 1.20 | 78.4 | |
| 1997 | estimate | 57,176,889 | 533,515 | 559,297 | 1.21 | 78.7 | |
| 1998 | estimate | 57,201,660 | 531,520 | 572,429 | 1.21 | 78.8 | |
| 1999 | estimate | 57,228,729 | 535,967 | 566,237 | 1.23 | 79.2 | |
| 2000 | estimate | 57,252,868 | 540,787 | 558,193 | 1.25 | 79.6 | |
| 2001 | estimate | 57,291,525 | 534,531 | 554,964 | 1.25 | 79.9 | |
| 2002 | estimate | 57,319,996 | 535,827 | 558,427 | 1.26 | 80.1 | |
| 2003 | estimate | 57,521,259 | 540,069 | 581,768 | 1.28 | 80.2 | |
| 2004 | estimate | 57,958,139 | 559,657 | 540,430 | 1.34 | 81.0 | |
| 2005 | estimate | 58,395,336 | 553,647 | 563,628 | 1.33 | 81.0 | |
| 2006 | estimate | 58,644,050 | 559,082 | 554,315 | 1.36 | 81.4 | |
| 2007 | estimate | 58,864,816 | 560,914 | 568,200 | 1.39 | 81.5 | |
| 2008 | estimate | 59,352,624 | 574,158 | 578,565 | 1.44 | 81.7 | |
| 2009 | estimate | 59,770,744 | 569,050 | 586,200 | 1.44 | 81.8 | |
| 2010 | estimate | 60,037,277 | 562,390 | 582,908 | 1.44 | 82.1 | |
| 2011 | estimate | 60,291,149 | 547,811 | 592,887 | 1.43 | 82.2 | |
| 2012 | estimate | 60,444,610 | 533,355 | 612,078 | 1.42 | 82.3 | |
| 2013 | estimate | 60,618,420 | 511,406 | 598,588 | 1.38 | 82.7 | |
| 2014 | estimate | 60,689,317 | 496,200 | 599,169 | 1.36 | 82.9 | |
| 2015 | estimate | 60,639,026 | 479,589 | 646,399 | 1.34 | 82.5 | |
| 2016 | estimate | 60,511,606 | 467,188 | 618,758 | 1.34 | 83.0 | |
| 2017 | estimate | 60,444,609 | 452,694 | 656,418 | 1.32 | 82.7 | |
| 2018 | estimate | 60,336,027 | 434,892 | 635,634 | 1.29 | 83.2 | |
| 2019 | estimate | 60,218,970 | 419,609 | 643,911 | 1.26 | 83.3 | |
| 2020 | estimate | 60,041,302 | 408,035 | 750,380 | 1.24 | 82.2 | |
| 2021 | estimate | 59,784,236 | 407,050 | 674,153 | 1.25 | 82.9 | |
| 2022 | estimate | 59,674,464 | 399,735 | 741,664 | 1.24 | 82.0 | |
| 2023 | estimate | 59,563,765 | 384,627 | 663,448 | 1.20 | 83.7 | |
| 2024 | estimate | 59,435,141 | 384,703 | 664,494 | 1.21 | 83.9 | |
| 2025 | projection | 59,250,593 | 58.9–59.5 million | 382,523 | 666,637 | 1.21 | 84.0 |
| 2026 | projection | 59,041,927 | 58.5–59.6 million | 379,621 | 669,403 | 1.22 | 84.2 |
| 2027 | projection | 58,810,406 | 58.0–59.6 million | 378,179 | 672,536 | 1.23 | 84.3 |
| 2028 | projection | 58,567,152 | 57.5–59.6 million | 376,709 | 675,182 | 1.24 | 84.5 |
| 2029 | projection | 58,324,514 | 57.1–59.6 million | 375,060 | 678,938 | 1.24 | 84.6 |
| 2030 | projection | 58,077,538 | 56.7–59.5 million | 374,445 | 681,098 | 1.25 | 84.7 |
| 2031 | projection | 57,814,606 | 56.2–59.4 million | 374,054 | 684,834 | 1.26 | 84.8 |
| 2032 | projection | 57,545,634 | 55.6–59.4 million | 374,243 | 687,882 | 1.26 | 85.0 |
| 2033 | projection | 57,287,368 | 55.2–59.4 million | 374,931 | 690,692 | 1.27 | 85.1 |
| 2034 | projection | 57,025,527 | 54.7–59.3 million | 376,561 | 694,435 | 1.27 | 85.3 |
| 2035 | projection | 56,756,306 | 54.3–59.3 million | 377,765 | 698,038 | 1.28 | 85.4 |
| 2036 | projection | 56,483,705 | 53.8–59.2 million | 379,778 | 702,548 | 1.29 | 85.5 |
| 2037 | projection | 56,213,683 | 53.4–59.1 million | 381,294 | 706,435 | 1.29 | 85.6 |
| 2038 | projection | 55,935,669 | 53.0–59.0 million | 382,326 | 710,464 | 1.30 | 85.8 |
| 2039 | projection | 55,656,847 | 52.5–58.8 million | 382,442 | 714,946 | 1.30 | 85.9 |
| 2040 | projection | 55,365,780 | 52.1–58.7 million | 381,655 | 718,877 | 1.30 | 86.0 |
| 2041 | projection | 55,076,555 | 51.6–58.5 million | 380,431 | 723,479 | 1.31 | 86.2 |
| 2042 | projection | 54,787,339 | 51.1–58.4 million | 378,728 | 728,323 | 1.31 | 86.3 |
| 2043 | projection | 54,484,576 | 50.5–58.3 million | 376,582 | 734,945 | 1.32 | 86.4 |
| 2044 | projection | 54,162,968 | 50.1–58.2 million | 372,900 | 739,170 | 1.32 | 86.5 |
| 2045 | projection | 53,845,728 | 49.5–58.1 million | 368,949 | 744,497 | 1.33 | 86.6 |
| 2046 | projection | 53,515,213 | 49.0–57.9 million | 363,712 | 750,861 | 1.33 | 86.8 |
| 2047 | projection | 53,176,950 | 48.5–57.9 million | 358,603 | 756,501 | 1.33 | 86.9 |
| 2048 | projection | 52,820,760 | 48.0–57.8 million | 353,452 | 762,320 | 1.34 | 87.0 |
| 2049 | projection | 52,460,810 | 47.4–57.6 million | 347,664 | 768,310 | 1.34 | 87.1 |
| 2050 | projection | 52,085,960 | 46.9–57.5 million | 341,845 | 774,362 | 1.35 | 87.2 |
| 2051 | projection | 51,696,237 | 46.3–57.3 million | 336,371 | 780,344 | 1.35 | 87.3 |
| 2052 | projection | 51,302,781 | 45.7–57.1 million | 331,018 | 786,182 | 1.36 | 87.5 |
| 2053 | projection | 50,901,372 | 45.1–56.8 million | 325,375 | 791,650 | 1.36 | 87.6 |
| 2054 | projection | 50,483,376 | 44.5–56.6 million | 320,807 | 795,766 | 1.36 | 87.7 |
| 2055 | projection | 50,059,662 | 44.0–56.2 million | 316,802 | 799,901 | 1.37 | 87.8 |
| 2056 | projection | 49,625,326 | 43.4–56.1 million | 313,478 | 803,093 | 1.37 | 87.9 |
| 2057 | projection | 49,177,240 | 42.8–55.9 million | 310,332 | 805,546 | 1.38 | 88.0 |
| 2058 | projection | 48,728,348 | 42.3–55.6 million | 307,445 | 805,987 | 1.38 | 88.2 |
| 2059 | projection | 48,271,533 | 41.6–55.4 million | 305,152 | 805,373 | 1.38 | 88.3 |
| 2060 | projection | 47,812,930 | 40.9–55.1 million | 303,665 | 803,717 | 1.39 | 88.4 |
| 2061 | projection | 47,355,989 | 40.3–54.8 million | 302,101 | 800,514 | 1.39 | 88.5 |
| 2062 | projection | 46,898,236 | 39.7–54.5 million | 300,747 | 795,403 | 1.39 | 88.6 |
| 2063 | projection | 46,443,197 | 39.2–54.3 million | 299,705 | 788,158 | 1.39 | 88.7 |
| 2064 | projection | 46,002,030 | 38.7–54.1 million | 299,615 | 779,604 | 1.39 | 88.8 |
| 2065 | projection | 45,567,047 | 38.1–53.9 million | 299,785 | 771,190 | 1.40 | 88.9 |
| 2066 | projection | 45,138,316 | 37.5–53.7 million | 299,630 | 760,231 | 1.40 | 89.0 |
| 2067 | projection | 44,724,302 | 37.0–53.6 million | 300,109 | 748,377 | 1.41 | 89.2 |
| 2068 | projection | 44,324,297 | 36.6–53.5 million | 300,425 | 736,385 | 1.41 | 89.3 |
| 2069 | projection | 43,928,035 | 36.1–53.3 million | 300,431 | 723,185 | 1.41 | 89.4 |
| 2070 | projection | 43,541,380 | 35.5–53.2 million | 300,637 | 709,591 | 1.42 | 89.5 |
| 2071 | projection | 43,165,283 | 35.1–53.1 million | 299,674 | 694,620 | 1.42 | 89.6 |
| 2072 | projection | 42,806,721 | 34.6–52.9 million | 299,033 | 680,928 | 1.42 | 89.7 |
| 2073 | projection | 42,456,284 | 34.1–52.9 million | 297,977 | 667,383 | 1.42 | 89.8 |
| 2074 | projection | 42,121,404 | 33.6–52.8 million | 296,797 | 653,738 | 1.42 | 89.9 |
| 2075 | projection | 41,794,897 | 33.1–52.6 million | 295,437 | 640,678 | 1.43 | 90.1 |
| 2076 | projection | 41,488,536 | 32.6–52.5 million | 293,763 | 628,897 | 1.43 | 90.2 |
| 2077 | projection | 41,195,336 | 32.1–52.3 million | 291,356 | 616,874 | 1.43 | 90.3 |
| 2078 | projection | 40,911,730 | 31.6–52.1 million | 288,962 | 606,815 | 1.43 | 90.4 |
| 2079 | projection | 40,632,742 | 31.1–52.2 million | 286,890 | 597,178 | 1.43 | 90.5 |
| 2080 | projection | 40,358,569 | 30.6–52.5 million | 284,229 | 588,390 | 1.43 | 90.6 |
| 2081 | projection | 40,093,170 | 30.2–52.3 million | 281,778 | 579,850 | 1.44 | 90.7 |
| 2082 | projection | 39,833,293 | 29.9–52.4 million | 279,347 | 572,643 | 1.44 | 90.8 |
| 2083 | projection | 39,576,517 | 29.4–52.3 million | 276,760 | 565,558 | 1.45 | 90.9 |
| 2084 | projection | 39,328,101 | 29.1–52.3 million | 274,135 | 558,359 | 1.45 | 91.1 |
| 2085 | projection | 39,078,327 | 28.7–52.4 million | 271,679 | 553,104 | 1.45 | 91.2 |
| 2086 | projection | 38,832,484 | 28.3–52.4 million | 268,961 | 548,270 | 1.45 | 91.3 |
| 2087 | projection | 38,593,706 | 27.9–52.6 million | 266,565 | 545,012 | 1.46 | 91.3 |
| 2088 | projection | 38,351,356 | 27.6–52.7 million | 263,916 | 539,941 | 1.46 | 91.5 |
| 2089 | projection | 38,111,510 | 27.1–52.7 million | 261,633 | 535,481 | 1.46 | 91.6 |
| 2090 | projection | 37,868,355 | 26.8–52.7 million | 259,341 | 531,441 | 1.46 | 91.7 |
| 2091 | projection | 37,628,835 | 26.5–52.8 million | 257,906 | 527,166 | 1.46 | 91.8 |
| 2092 | projection | 37,393,269 | 26.1–52.8 million | 256,525 | 524,359 | 1.47 | 91.9 |
| 2093 | projection | 37,151,743 | 25.7–52.8 million | 254,925 | 521,629 | 1.47 | 92.0 |
| 2094 | projection | 36,919,070 | 25.4–52.8 million | 253,740 | 519,637 | 1.47 | 92.1 |
| 2095 | projection | 36,684,557 | 25.0–52.8 million | 252,647 | 517,718 | 1.47 | 92.2 |
| 2096 | projection | 36,446,338 | 24.6–52.8 million | 251,837 | 517,444 | 1.47 | 92.3 |
| 2097 | projection | 36,208,249 | 24.2–52.8 million | 251,107 | 515,837 | 1.47 | 92.4 |
| 2098 | projection | 35,968,296 | 23.7–52.8 million | 250,154 | 514,950 | 1.47 | 92.5 |
| 2099 | projection | 35,735,052 | 23.3–53.0 million | 249,671 | 513,505 | 1.48 | 92.7 |
| 2100 | projection | 35,496,387 | 23.1–53.2 million | 249,015 | 513,238 | 1.48 | 92.8 |
Show the numbers: Italy, mid-2026, by single year of age
| Age | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 196,534 | 185,496 |
| 1 | 198,842 | 187,496 |
| 2 | 200,434 | 188,936 |
| 3 | 205,473 | 193,782 |
| 4 | 212,250 | 200,274 |
| 5 | 214,649 | 202,600 |
| 6 | 216,928 | 205,438 |
| 7 | 224,703 | 212,782 |
| 8 | 235,712 | 222,526 |
| 9 | 244,603 | 231,442 |
| 10 | 250,286 | 237,126 |
| 11 | 256,254 | 242,176 |
| 12 | 261,820 | 247,162 |
| 13 | 269,262 | 254,241 |
| 14 | 277,264 | 261,622 |
| 15 | 284,130 | 267,677 |
| 16 | 291,559 | 274,802 |
| 17 | 297,642 | 281,506 |
| 18 | 303,549 | 286,969 |
| 19 | 309,514 | 291,748 |
| 20 | 314,526 | 296,197 |
| 21 | 318,862 | 301,062 |
| 22 | 320,650 | 303,254 |
| 23 | 318,230 | 300,161 |
| 24 | 318,140 | 298,168 |
| 25 | 323,197 | 299,112 |
| 26 | 325,918 | 297,153 |
| 27 | 327,347 | 293,080 |
| 28 | 326,126 | 291,284 |
| 29 | 322,234 | 291,860 |
| 30 | 320,744 | 293,363 |
| 31 | 319,413 | 295,912 |
| 32 | 320,992 | 301,670 |
| 33 | 330,890 | 314,147 |
| 34 | 338,887 | 323,676 |
| 35 | 342,807 | 327,948 |
| 36 | 342,801 | 331,330 |
| 37 | 344,204 | 336,085 |
| 38 | 335,592 | 329,706 |
| 39 | 327,219 | 323,041 |
| 40 | 334,607 | 329,807 |
| 41 | 341,835 | 337,158 |
| 42 | 350,338 | 345,736 |
| 43 | 359,905 | 355,759 |
| 44 | 371,188 | 368,645 |
| 45 | 379,277 | 374,130 |
| 46 | 385,768 | 380,891 |
| 47 | 396,595 | 395,734 |
| 48 | 412,369 | 411,966 |
| 49 | 428,646 | 429,304 |
| 50 | 445,400 | 447,278 |
| 51 | 459,294 | 463,570 |
| 52 | 465,431 | 471,070 |
| 53 | 467,321 | 474,426 |
| 54 | 469,257 | 481,334 |
| 55 | 468,852 | 483,756 |
| 56 | 466,520 | 481,182 |
| 57 | 470,562 | 487,362 |
| 58 | 472,252 | 491,163 |
| 59 | 468,548 | 487,355 |
| 60 | 470,999 | 490,673 |
| 61 | 467,848 | 489,679 |
| 62 | 453,568 | 478,518 |
| 63 | 437,734 | 464,408 |
| 64 | 416,408 | 445,938 |
| 65 | 403,917 | 435,386 |
| 66 | 394,704 | 425,890 |
| 67 | 374,866 | 407,797 |
| 68 | 355,303 | 390,086 |
| 69 | 346,185 | 381,966 |
| 70 | 341,591 | 380,061 |
| 71 | 324,452 | 366,144 |
| 72 | 310,222 | 352,968 |
| 73 | 299,590 | 342,322 |
| 74 | 293,206 | 337,714 |
| 75 | 290,297 | 338,102 |
| 76 | 288,063 | 340,688 |
| 77 | 285,345 | 342,366 |
| 78 | 276,667 | 336,904 |
| 79 | 257,836 | 319,004 |
| 80 | 225,948 | 285,274 |
| 81 | 199,843 | 259,876 |
| 82 | 183,417 | 246,237 |
| 83 | 168,983 | 233,861 |
| 84 | 163,085 | 233,388 |
| 85 | 157,088 | 232,144 |
| 86 | 144,162 | 220,286 |
| 87 | 127,924 | 204,645 |
| 88 | 105,759 | 177,888 |
| 89 | 85,447 | 152,095 |
| 90 | 70,256 | 132,818 |
| 91 | 57,288 | 115,208 |
| 92 | 44,740 | 96,124 |
| 93 | 33,853 | 78,211 |
| 94 | 25,654 | 64,224 |
| 95 | 18,511 | 50,270 |
| 96 | 12,693 | 37,676 |
| 97 | 8,364 | 27,316 |
| 98 | 5,298 | 18,812 |
| 99 | 3,284 | 12,715 |
| 100+ | 4,248 | 20,060 |
ITA · 1950–2100 · every age, every year
Italy, every age in every year
Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.
ITA · ages 15–64
Who does the work in Italy
Italy had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 1992: 39,465,500 people aged 15–64, against 37,863,500 in 2023.
aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over
How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.
Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 20 years: 1984–2003.
fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more
How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.
ITA · arrivals minus departures
Who arrives in Italy, and who leaves
In 2020–2025 Italy gains 142,868 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 40,726 a year more arriving than leaving.
more arrive than leave more leave than arrive
How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.
Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 502,750 (1994), and a loss of 460,287 (1995).
In 2024, 6,553,671 people living in Italy had been born in another country, 11 of every 100 people there, against 3 in 1990.
ITA · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100
Who has the babies in Italy
Of every 100 babies born in Italy in 2023, 1 had a mother under 20, 65 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 34 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 4 under 20 and 22 aged 35 or older.
4 · 74 · 22
1 · 65 · 34
1 · 64 · 35
The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected
How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.
- Babies born, 2023
- 384,627
- Average age when women have a baby
- 32.3 years
- 29.9 in 1950
- Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19
- 3
- 17 in 1950
Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100
| Mother's age | 1950 | 1975 | 2000 | 2023 | 2050 projected | 2100 projected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10–14 | 109 | 499 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 15–19 | 34,457 | 61,895 | 10,694 | 4,001 | 3,100 | 2,541 |
| 20–24 | 215,866 | 239,398 | 61,777 | 29,155 | 24,801 | 20,602 |
| 25–29 | 300,454 | 276,020 | 164,967 | 82,032 | 72,823 | 58,764 |
| 30–34 | 162,790 | 144,986 | 192,831 | 139,051 | 120,385 | 88,429 |
| 35–39 | 141,566 | 77,240 | 93,895 | 98,835 | 92,622 | 61,096 |
| 40–44 | 54,348 | 22,808 | 15,951 | 28,032 | 25,462 | 15,806 |
| 45–49 | 3,211 | 1,716 | 665 | 3,473 | 2,621 | 1,753 |
| 50–54 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 41 | 26 | 20 |
| All babies | 912,801 | 824,711 | 540,787 | 384,627 | 341,845 | 249,015 |
The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.
ITA · healthy years · 2021
Years in good health in Italy
In Italy, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 70.6 (95% range 69.8–71.4), out of 82.2 in all. The years in less than full health come to 11.6, above the world's 9.5.
71.1 in full health, 13.2 not: 84.3 years
70.0 in full health, 10.0 not: 80.0 years
a year in full health a year in less than full health
How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.
Women: 71.1 healthy years of 84.3. Men: 70.0 of 80.0. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 71.4.
ITA · forced from home · end of 2025
Displacement in Italy
At the end of 2025, Italy was hosting 427,058 people who had crossed a border into it, about 7 of every 1,000 people living there.
- hosted from abroad427,058
- Italy nationals abroad841
stayed inside their own country crossed a border
How to read this: count the squares — 10,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Italy living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.
In 2025, 126,621 people asked for asylum in Italy for the first time; 246 people from Italy asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Italy whose claims were decided that year, 20 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it
ITA · of every 100 people
How people live in Italy
Of every 100 people in Italy in 2025, 34 lived in a city, 43 in a town or suburb and 23 in the countryside.
cities towns and suburbs rural areas
Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 10.8 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).
How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.
ITA · adults 25 and over · 2020
How far people in Italy went in school
Of every 100 adults in Italy in 2020, 1 never went to school and 53 finished upper secondary or went further.
1 never went to school 2 some primary 15 finished primary 29 finished lower secondary 36 finished upper secondary 17 studied after school
Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; the ones who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2035.
How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.
ITA · cities · 2025
Cities in Italy
Italy had 95 cities in 2025, home to 20.4 million people. The largest, Naples, holds 5 of every 100 people in Italy.
- Naples2,767,923
- Milan2,599,022
- Rome2,376,474
- Turin1,150,975
- Palermo667,442
- Genoa532,509
- Catania453,376
- Bologna443,849
- Florence430,806
- Bergamo398,050
All 11 cities in Italy that reach 300,000 people
How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.
Apparatus
Sources and method
Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.
The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Italy are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.
Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Checked before it was drawn
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.