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Country or area · Southern Europe · Europe · UN WPP 2024

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%
2023 | 2024

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.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

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

estimates | projections020 m40 m60 m80 m1950197520002025205020752100

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
Italy: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
YearKindPopulation, 1 Jan95% rangeBirthsDeathsChildren per womanLife expectancy
1950estimate46,175,129912,801452,1662.5265.7
1951estimate46,608,218867,310481,1822.3865.3
1952estimate46,895,580849,788474,6602.3265.9
1953estimate47,140,779842,345472,4412.2966.6
1954estimate47,680,991877,690442,4002.3567.9
1955estimate47,983,479878,325446,4992.3468.3
1956estimate48,278,157884,500497,7502.3567.6
1957estimate48,525,746887,147483,9922.3567.8
1958estimate48,788,322881,939457,4132.3368.8
1959estimate49,065,876906,763454,4162.3969.3
1960estimate49,373,015903,976480,1342.3869.2
1961estimate49,656,095916,274468,2042.4269.8
1962estimate49,974,404926,873508,6632.4569.2
1963estimate50,366,775953,338516,7352.5269.3
1964estimate50,775,1781,006,349490,1802.6670.4
1965estimate51,263,979987,129517,3682.6270.3
1966estimate51,697,476974,437495,9032.5971.0
1967estimate52,140,658943,473510,1272.5171.0
1968estimate52,536,010935,828533,4002.4970.9
1969estimate52,888,301928,025538,9972.4770.9
1970estimate53,231,973900,250521,5122.4071.6
1971estimate53,548,498900,724523,4992.4071.9
1972estimate53,867,091882,287524,5342.3572.2
1973estimate54,268,034871,472548,0292.3172.1
1974estimate54,633,100865,442531,8992.2972.8
1975estimate55,009,127824,711553,9302.1872.7
1976estimate55,322,963781,571549,5602.0673.1
1977estimate55,595,868739,807544,6681.9473.4
1978estimate55,833,242706,251538,7361.8473.8
1979estimate56,044,689668,791536,0501.7374.1
1980estimate56,220,071639,671551,2861.6574.0
1981estimate56,604,098623,776545,6571.5874.4
1982estimate56,689,402620,068536,2971.5674.9
1983estimate56,748,949603,596565,5371.5174.7
1984estimate56,783,274589,718535,7641.4675.5
1985estimate56,837,431578,014548,7851.4275.6
1986estimate56,873,570557,096546,0621.3575.9
1987estimate56,878,405553,322534,0901.3376.3
1988estimate56,905,447568,646540,5951.3576.5
1989estimate56,952,055563,009533,1531.3376.9
1990estimate57,001,455569,623544,9461.3377.0
1991estimate57,061,452562,802554,6341.3077.0
1992estimate57,089,335568,121548,5661.3077.4
1993estimate57,160,644549,758553,8361.2577.7
1994estimate57,180,883533,327557,5661.2177.9
1995estimate57,659,393525,219577,0321.1978.1
1996estimate57,147,294528,909552,7541.2078.4
1997estimate57,176,889533,515559,2971.2178.7
1998estimate57,201,660531,520572,4291.2178.8
1999estimate57,228,729535,967566,2371.2379.2
2000estimate57,252,868540,787558,1931.2579.6
2001estimate57,291,525534,531554,9641.2579.9
2002estimate57,319,996535,827558,4271.2680.1
2003estimate57,521,259540,069581,7681.2880.2
2004estimate57,958,139559,657540,4301.3481.0
2005estimate58,395,336553,647563,6281.3381.0
2006estimate58,644,050559,082554,3151.3681.4
2007estimate58,864,816560,914568,2001.3981.5
2008estimate59,352,624574,158578,5651.4481.7
2009estimate59,770,744569,050586,2001.4481.8
2010estimate60,037,277562,390582,9081.4482.1
2011estimate60,291,149547,811592,8871.4382.2
2012estimate60,444,610533,355612,0781.4282.3
2013estimate60,618,420511,406598,5881.3882.7
2014estimate60,689,317496,200599,1691.3682.9
2015estimate60,639,026479,589646,3991.3482.5
2016estimate60,511,606467,188618,7581.3483.0
2017estimate60,444,609452,694656,4181.3282.7
2018estimate60,336,027434,892635,6341.2983.2
2019estimate60,218,970419,609643,9111.2683.3
2020estimate60,041,302408,035750,3801.2482.2
2021estimate59,784,236407,050674,1531.2582.9
2022estimate59,674,464399,735741,6641.2482.0
2023estimate59,563,765384,627663,4481.2083.7
2024estimate59,435,141384,703664,4941.2183.9
2025projection59,250,59358.9–59.5 million382,523666,6371.2184.0
2026projection59,041,92758.5–59.6 million379,621669,4031.2284.2
2027projection58,810,40658.0–59.6 million378,179672,5361.2384.3
2028projection58,567,15257.5–59.6 million376,709675,1821.2484.5
2029projection58,324,51457.1–59.6 million375,060678,9381.2484.6
2030projection58,077,53856.7–59.5 million374,445681,0981.2584.7
2031projection57,814,60656.2–59.4 million374,054684,8341.2684.8
2032projection57,545,63455.6–59.4 million374,243687,8821.2685.0
2033projection57,287,36855.2–59.4 million374,931690,6921.2785.1
2034projection57,025,52754.7–59.3 million376,561694,4351.2785.3
2035projection56,756,30654.3–59.3 million377,765698,0381.2885.4
2036projection56,483,70553.8–59.2 million379,778702,5481.2985.5
2037projection56,213,68353.4–59.1 million381,294706,4351.2985.6
2038projection55,935,66953.0–59.0 million382,326710,4641.3085.8
2039projection55,656,84752.5–58.8 million382,442714,9461.3085.9
2040projection55,365,78052.1–58.7 million381,655718,8771.3086.0
2041projection55,076,55551.6–58.5 million380,431723,4791.3186.2
2042projection54,787,33951.1–58.4 million378,728728,3231.3186.3
2043projection54,484,57650.5–58.3 million376,582734,9451.3286.4
2044projection54,162,96850.1–58.2 million372,900739,1701.3286.5
2045projection53,845,72849.5–58.1 million368,949744,4971.3386.6
2046projection53,515,21349.0–57.9 million363,712750,8611.3386.8
2047projection53,176,95048.5–57.9 million358,603756,5011.3386.9
2048projection52,820,76048.0–57.8 million353,452762,3201.3487.0
2049projection52,460,81047.4–57.6 million347,664768,3101.3487.1
2050projection52,085,96046.9–57.5 million341,845774,3621.3587.2
2051projection51,696,23746.3–57.3 million336,371780,3441.3587.3
2052projection51,302,78145.7–57.1 million331,018786,1821.3687.5
2053projection50,901,37245.1–56.8 million325,375791,6501.3687.6
2054projection50,483,37644.5–56.6 million320,807795,7661.3687.7
2055projection50,059,66244.0–56.2 million316,802799,9011.3787.8
2056projection49,625,32643.4–56.1 million313,478803,0931.3787.9
2057projection49,177,24042.8–55.9 million310,332805,5461.3888.0
2058projection48,728,34842.3–55.6 million307,445805,9871.3888.2
2059projection48,271,53341.6–55.4 million305,152805,3731.3888.3
2060projection47,812,93040.9–55.1 million303,665803,7171.3988.4
2061projection47,355,98940.3–54.8 million302,101800,5141.3988.5
2062projection46,898,23639.7–54.5 million300,747795,4031.3988.6
2063projection46,443,19739.2–54.3 million299,705788,1581.3988.7
2064projection46,002,03038.7–54.1 million299,615779,6041.3988.8
2065projection45,567,04738.1–53.9 million299,785771,1901.4088.9
2066projection45,138,31637.5–53.7 million299,630760,2311.4089.0
2067projection44,724,30237.0–53.6 million300,109748,3771.4189.2
2068projection44,324,29736.6–53.5 million300,425736,3851.4189.3
2069projection43,928,03536.1–53.3 million300,431723,1851.4189.4
2070projection43,541,38035.5–53.2 million300,637709,5911.4289.5
2071projection43,165,28335.1–53.1 million299,674694,6201.4289.6
2072projection42,806,72134.6–52.9 million299,033680,9281.4289.7
2073projection42,456,28434.1–52.9 million297,977667,3831.4289.8
2074projection42,121,40433.6–52.8 million296,797653,7381.4289.9
2075projection41,794,89733.1–52.6 million295,437640,6781.4390.1
2076projection41,488,53632.6–52.5 million293,763628,8971.4390.2
2077projection41,195,33632.1–52.3 million291,356616,8741.4390.3
2078projection40,911,73031.6–52.1 million288,962606,8151.4390.4
2079projection40,632,74231.1–52.2 million286,890597,1781.4390.5
2080projection40,358,56930.6–52.5 million284,229588,3901.4390.6
2081projection40,093,17030.2–52.3 million281,778579,8501.4490.7
2082projection39,833,29329.9–52.4 million279,347572,6431.4490.8
2083projection39,576,51729.4–52.3 million276,760565,5581.4590.9
2084projection39,328,10129.1–52.3 million274,135558,3591.4591.1
2085projection39,078,32728.7–52.4 million271,679553,1041.4591.2
2086projection38,832,48428.3–52.4 million268,961548,2701.4591.3
2087projection38,593,70627.9–52.6 million266,565545,0121.4691.3
2088projection38,351,35627.6–52.7 million263,916539,9411.4691.5
2089projection38,111,51027.1–52.7 million261,633535,4811.4691.6
2090projection37,868,35526.8–52.7 million259,341531,4411.4691.7
2091projection37,628,83526.5–52.8 million257,906527,1661.4691.8
2092projection37,393,26926.1–52.8 million256,525524,3591.4791.9
2093projection37,151,74325.7–52.8 million254,925521,6291.4792.0
2094projection36,919,07025.4–52.8 million253,740519,6371.4792.1
2095projection36,684,55725.0–52.8 million252,647517,7181.4792.2
2096projection36,446,33824.6–52.8 million251,837517,4441.4792.3
2097projection36,208,24924.2–52.8 million251,107515,8371.4792.4
2098projection35,968,29623.7–52.8 million250,154514,9501.4792.5
2099projection35,735,05223.3–53.0 million249,671513,5051.4892.7
2100projection35,496,38723.1–53.2 million249,015513,2381.4892.8
Show the numbers: Italy, mid-2026, by single year of age
Italy: population by single year of age, mid-2026
AgeMaleFemale
0196,534185,496
1198,842187,496
2200,434188,936
3205,473193,782
4212,250200,274
5214,649202,600
6216,928205,438
7224,703212,782
8235,712222,526
9244,603231,442
10250,286237,126
11256,254242,176
12261,820247,162
13269,262254,241
14277,264261,622
15284,130267,677
16291,559274,802
17297,642281,506
18303,549286,969
19309,514291,748
20314,526296,197
21318,862301,062
22320,650303,254
23318,230300,161
24318,140298,168
25323,197299,112
26325,918297,153
27327,347293,080
28326,126291,284
29322,234291,860
30320,744293,363
31319,413295,912
32320,992301,670
33330,890314,147
34338,887323,676
35342,807327,948
36342,801331,330
37344,204336,085
38335,592329,706
39327,219323,041
40334,607329,807
41341,835337,158
42350,338345,736
43359,905355,759
44371,188368,645
45379,277374,130
46385,768380,891
47396,595395,734
48412,369411,966
49428,646429,304
50445,400447,278
51459,294463,570
52465,431471,070
53467,321474,426
54469,257481,334
55468,852483,756
56466,520481,182
57470,562487,362
58472,252491,163
59468,548487,355
60470,999490,673
61467,848489,679
62453,568478,518
63437,734464,408
64416,408445,938
65403,917435,386
66394,704425,890
67374,866407,797
68355,303390,086
69346,185381,966
70341,591380,061
71324,452366,144
72310,222352,968
73299,590342,322
74293,206337,714
75290,297338,102
76288,063340,688
77285,345342,366
78276,667336,904
79257,836319,004
80225,948285,274
81199,843259,876
82183,417246,237
83168,983233,861
84163,085233,388
85157,088232,144
86144,162220,286
87127,924204,645
88105,759177,888
8985,447152,095
9070,256132,818
9157,288115,208
9244,74096,124
9333,85378,211
9425,65464,224
9518,51150,270
9612,69337,676
978,36427,316
985,29818,812
993,28412,715
100+4,24820,060

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.

100 aged 15–64
19 children
38 aged 65+

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.

How every country compares

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.

one square = 5,000 people a year
020406080+

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.

How migration works everywhere

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.

1950
4 · 74 · 22
2023
1 · 65 · 34
2050 · projected
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
Babies born in Italy by the mother's age
Mother's age19501975200020232050 projected2100 projected
10–141094997754
15–1934,45761,89510,6944,0013,1002,541
20–24215,866239,39861,77729,15524,80120,602
25–29300,454276,020164,96782,03272,82358,764
30–34162,790144,986192,831139,051120,38588,429
35–39141,56677,24093,89598,83592,62261,096
40–4454,34822,80815,95128,03225,46215,806
45–493,2111,7166653,4732,6211,753
50–5401490412620
All babies912,801824,711540,787384,627341,845249,015

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.

Women

71.1 in full health, 13.2 not: 84.3 years

Men

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.

  1. hosted from abroad427,058
  2. 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

How the world's displacement is counted

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.

How the world's people live

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.

How far the world's people went in school

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.

  1. Naples2,767,923
  2. Milan2,599,022
  3. Rome2,376,474
  4. Turin1,150,975
  5. Palermo667,442
  6. Genoa532,509
  7. Catania453,376
  8. Bologna443,849
  9. Florence430,806
  10. 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.

All the world's cities

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.