Italy: Administrative Division

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Republic

59,030,133 Population [2021] – census

58,942,828 Population [2026] – estimate

302,110km² Area

195.1/km² Density [2026]

Contents: Regions and Provinces

The population of the Italian regions, provinces and metropolitan provinces (called metropolitan cities) according to census results and latest official estimates.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, citizenship).

Name	Status	Population Census 1981-10-25	Population Census 1991-10-20	Population Census 2001-10-21	Population Census 2011-10-09	Population Census 2021-12-31	Population Estimate 2026-01-01
Abruzzo	Region	1,217,791	1,249,054	1,262,392	1,307,309	1,275,950	1,267,222	→
Chieti	Province	370,534	381,830	382,076	387,956	373,717	369,059	→
L'Aquila	Province	291,742	297,838	297,424	298,343	288,956	286,765	→
Pescara	Province	286,240	289,534	295,481	314,661	313,631	311,563	→
Teramo	Province	269,275	279,852	287,411	306,349	299,646	299,835	→
Basilicata	Region	610,186	610,528	597,768	578,036	541,168	525,281	→
Matera	Province	203,570	208,985	204,239	200,101	191,552	187,754	→
Potenza	Province	406,616	401,543	393,529	377,935	349,616	337,527	→
Calabria	Region	2,061,182	2,070,203	2,011,466	1,959,050	1,855,454	1,827,571	→
Catanzaro	Province	381,797	382,565	369,578	359,841	343,673	338,160	→
Cosenza	Province	743,255	750,896	733,797	714,030	674,543	667,134	→
Crotone	Province	186,671	180,409	173,122	170,803	163,553	161,765	→
Reggio di Calabria	Metropolitan City	573,093	576,693	564,223	550,967	522,127	510,590	→
Vibo Valentia	Province	176,366	179,640	170,746	163,409	151,558	149,922	→
Campania	Region	5,463,134	5,630,280	5,701,931	5,766,810	5,624,420	5,568,703	→
Avellino	Province	434,021	438,812	429,178	429,157	401,451	393,093	→
Benevento	Province	289,143	293,026	287,042	284,900	265,055	257,968	→
Caserta	Province	755,628	815,815	852,872	904,921	905,045	909,493	→
Napoli [Naples]	Metropolitan City	2,970,563	3,016,026	3,059,196	3,054,956	2,988,376	2,954,847	→
Salerno	Province	1,013,779	1,066,601	1,073,643	1,092,876	1,064,493	1,053,302	→
Emilia-Romagna	Region	3,977,104	3,928,841	4,003,196	4,344,755	4,425,366	4,477,009	→
Bologna	Metropolitan City	930,284	906,856	915,225	976,243	1,010,812	1,024,290	→
Ferrara	Province	381,118	360,763	344,323	353,481	339,573	340,482	→
Forlì-Cesena	Province	349,092	348,647	358,542	390,738	391,293	394,337	→
Modena	Province	596,025	604,680	633,993	685,777	701,751	711,502	→
Parma	Province	400,192	391,330	392,976	427,434	448,916	457,509	→
Piacenza	Province	278,424	267,633	263,872	284,616	283,435	287,745	→
Ravenna	Province	358,654	350,454	347,847	384,761	385,631	387,743	→
Reggio nell'Emilia	Province	413,396	420,431	453,892	517,316	525,586	532,157	→
Rimini	Province	269,919	278,047	292,526	324,389	338,369	341,244	→
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Autonomous Region	1,235,363	1,199,039	1,185,123	1,220,291	1,194,647	1,193,496	→
Gorizia	Province	144,726	138,119	136,491	140,143	137,899	138,717	→
Pordenone	Province	275,888	275,267	286,198	310,811	309,473	311,114	→
Trieste	Province	283,641	261,825	242,235	232,601	228,833	227,840	→
Udine	Province	531,108	523,828	520,199	536,736	518,442	515,825	→
Lazio [Latium]	Region	5,001,684	5,140,371	5,112,413	5,502,886	5,714,882	5,709,444	→
Frosinone	Province	460,395	479,559	484,566	492,661	470,689	460,266	→
Latina	Province	434,086	476,282	491,230	544,732	567,439	567,130	→
Rieti	Province	142,794	144,942	147,410	155,164	151,143	149,335	→
Roma [Rome]	Metropolitan City	3,695,961	3,761,067	3,700,424	3,997,465	4,216,874	4,224,901	→
Viterbo	Province	268,448	278,521	288,783	312,864	308,737	307,812	→
Liguria	Region	1,807,893	1,676,282	1,571,783	1,570,694	1,509,227	1,511,988	→
Genova [Genoa]	Metropolitan City	1,045,109	950,849	878,082	855,834	817,402	820,691	→
Imperia	Province	223,738	213,587	205,238	214,502	208,670	209,848	→
La Spezia	Province	241,371	227,199	215,935	219,330	215,117	214,539	→
Savona	Province	297,675	284,647	272,528	281,028	268,038	266,910	→
Lombardia [Lombardy]	Region	8,891,652	8,856,074	9,032,554	9,704,151	9,943,004	10,065,694	→
Bergamo	Province	875,624	911,392	974,873	1,088,284	1,102,997	1,119,233	→
Brescia	Province	1,017,093	1,044,544	1,108,776	1,238,044	1,253,157	1,271,759	→
Como	Province	511,425	522,147	537,500	586,735	594,941	598,562	→
Cremona	Province	332,236	327,970	335,939	357,623	351,654	355,134	→
Lecco	Province	285,047	294,248	309,708	334,303	332,457	334,211	→
Lodi	Province	179,102	184,025	197,672	223,755	227,327	231,481	→
Mantova [Mantua]	Province	377,158	369,630	377,790	408,336	404,476	408,715	→
Milano [Milan]	Metropolitan City	3,139,490	3,009,338	2,940,579	3,038,420	3,214,630	3,253,111	→
Monza e della Brianza	Province	699,516	729,347	766,631	840,129	870,407	883,396	→
Pavia	Province	512,895	490,898	493,753	535,822	534,506	546,023	→
Sondrio	Province	174,009	175,496	176,856	180,814	178,784	179,268	→
Varese	Province	788,057	797,039	812,477	871,886	877,668	884,801	→
Marche	Region	1,392,813	1,409,876	1,450,731	1,538,699	1,487,150	1,479,832	→
Ancona	Province	433,417	437,263	448,473	473,865	461,687	461,613	→
Ascoli Piceno	Province	192,054	197,811	203,153	210,407	202,365	200,202	→
Fermo	Province	160,513	162,671	166,218	174,857	168,294	166,772	→
Macerata	Province	292,932	295,481	301,523	319,607	304,986	301,689	→
Pesaro e Urbino	Province	313,897	316,650	331,364	359,963	349,818	349,556	→
Molise	Region	328,371	330,900	320,601	313,660	292,150	285,940	→
Campobasso	Province	235,847	238,958	230,749	226,419	211,586	207,723	→
Isernia	Province	92,524	91,942	89,852	87,241	80,564	78,217	→
Piemonte [Piedmont]	Region	4,479,031	4,302,565	4,214,677	4,363,916	4,256,350	4,255,006	→
Alessandria	Province	466,102	438,245	418,231	427,229	407,264	408,063	→
Asti	Province	215,382	208,332	208,339	217,573	208,286	207,059	→
Biella	Province	202,135	191,291	187,249	182,192	170,027	168,223	→
Cuneo	Province	548,452	547,234	556,330	586,378	580,155	582,109	→
Novara	Province	337,271	334,614	343,040	365,559	361,916	365,930	→
Torino [Turin]	Metropolitan City	2,345,771	2,236,765	2,165,619	2,247,780	2,208,370	2,204,779	→
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	Province	170,096	162,215	159,040	160,264	154,249	152,677	→
Vercelli	Province	193,822	183,869	176,829	176,941	166,083	166,166	→
Puglia [Apulia]	Region	3,871,617	4,031,885	4,020,707	4,052,566	3,922,941	3,865,277	→
Bari	Metropolitan City	1,154,535	1,202,704	1,218,038	1,247,303	1,226,784	1,218,073	→
Barletta-Andria-Trani	Province	347,860	367,314	383,018	391,723	380,616	375,933	→
Brindisi	Province	391,064	411,314	402,422	400,801	381,273	373,631	→
Foggia	Province	643,827	657,000	649,598	626,072	599,028	587,785	→
Lecce	Province	762,017	803,977	787,825	802,018	775,348	761,927	→
Taranto	Province	572,314	589,576	579,806	584,649	559,892	547,928	→
Sardegna [Sardinia]	Autonomous Region	1,594,175	1,648,248	1,631,880	1,639,362	1,587,413	1,554,490	→
Cagliari	Metropolitan City	379,585	405,209	414,850	420,677	421,688	415,866	→
Nuoro	Province	227,093	227,091	221,062	215,165	200,376	194,081	→
Oristano	Province	170,523	171,973	166,965	163,031	151,655	146,785	→
Sassari	Province	438,981	461,061	460,660	478,544	476,516	470,588	→
Sud Sardegna [South Sardinia]	Province	377,993	382,914	368,343	361,945	337,178	327,170	→
Sicilia [Sicily]	Autonomous Region	4,906,878	4,966,386	4,968,991	5,002,904	4,833,329	4,775,194	→
Agrigento	Province	466,495	476,158	448,053	446,837	415,887	407,041	→
Caltanissetta	Province	285,829	278,275	274,035	273,099	251,715	243,501	→
Catania	Province	1,005,577	1,035,665	1,054,778	1,078,766	1,077,515	1,067,550	→
Enna	Province	190,939	186,182	177,200	173,451	156,730	151,525	→
Messina	Metropolitan City	669,323	646,871	662,450	649,824	603,229	594,074	→
Palermo	Metropolitan City	1,198,575	1,224,778	1,235,923	1,243,585	1,208,991	1,195,307	→
Ragusa	Province	274,583	289,733	295,264	307,492	316,142	323,144	→
Siracusa [Syracuse]	Province	394,692	402,014	396,167	399,933	385,900	382,450	→
Trapani	Province	420,865	426,710	425,121	429,917	417,220	410,602	→
Toscana [Tuscany]	Region	3,581,051	3,529,946	3,497,806	3,672,202	3,663,191	3,659,222	→
Arezzo	Province	313,157	314,564	323,288	343,676	334,926	333,269	→
Firenze [Florence]	Metropolitan City	995,639	967,437	933,860	973,145	987,260	988,494	→
Grosseto	Province	220,905	216,015	211,086	220,564	217,009	214,863	→
Livorno	Province	346,657	336,626	326,444	335,247	327,262	324,893	→
Lucca	Province	385,876	377,101	372,244	388,327	382,464	379,957	→
Massa-Carrara	Province	203,530	200,312	197,652	199,650	188,483	186,637	→
Pisa	Province	388,800	385,285	384,555	411,190	417,041	419,588	→
Pistoia	Province	264,995	264,622	268,503	287,866	289,414	290,867	→
Prato	Province	206,374	217,244	227,886	245,916	258,123	261,152	→
Siena	Province	255,118	250,740	252,288	266,621	261,209	259,502	→
Trentino-Alto Adige (Trient-Südtirol)	Autonomous Region	873,413	890,360	940,016	1,029,475	1,073,574	1,090,818	→
Bolzano [South Tyrol]	Autonomous Province	430,568	440,508	462,999	504,643	532,616	542,134	→
Trento [Trentino]	Autonomous Province	442,845	449,852	477,017	524,832	540,958	548,684	→
Umbria	Region	807,552	811,831	825,826	884,268	858,812	850,627	→
Perugia	Province	580,988	588,781	605,950	655,844	640,482	635,988	→
Terni	Province	226,564	223,050	219,876	228,424	218,330	214,639	→
Valle d'Aosta [Aosta Valley]	Autonomous Region	112,353	115,938	119,548	126,806	123,360	122,554	→
Valle d'Aosta (Vallée d'Aoste) [Aosta Valley]	Province	112,353	115,938	119,548	126,806	123,360	122,554	→
Veneto [Venetia]	Region	4,343,668	4,379,424	4,526,335	4,855,904	4,847,745	4,857,460	→
Belluno	Province	218,956	210,712	208,191	208,695	198,676	197,265	→
Padova [Padua]	Province	809,667	820,318	849,857	921,361	929,198	934,540	→
Rovigo	Province	253,508	248,004	242,538	242,349	228,902	227,183	→
Treviso	Province	720,580	744,038	795,264	876,790	877,890	878,341	→
Venezia [Venice]	Metropolitan City	838,794	820,052	809,586	846,962	836,916	834,077	→
Verona	Province	775,745	788,343	826,582	900,542	924,024	930,842	→
Vicenza	Province	726,418	747,957	794,317	859,205	852,139	855,212	→
Italia [Italy]	Republic	56,556,911	56,778,031	56,995,744	59,433,744	59,030,133	58,942,828

Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica Italia.

Explanation: The 2026 figures are preliminary.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2026)
Males	28,920,635
Females	30,022,193

Age Groups (E 2026)
0-17 years	8,590,767
18-64 years	35,531,561
65+ years	14,820,500

Age Distribution (E 2026)
90+ years	911,769
80-89 years	3,702,884
70-79 years	6,374,779
60-69 years	8,397,120
50-59 years	9,512,500
40-49 years	7,623,969
30-39 years	6,535,557
20-29 years	6,105,607
10-19 years	5,565,790
0-9 years	4,212,853

Citizenship (E 2026)
Italy	53,383,301
Foreign Citizenship	5,559,527