Italy: Administrative Division

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, nationality).

Name	Status	Population Census 1991-10-20	Population Census 2001-10-21	Population Census 2011-10-09	Population Estimate 2021-01-01
Abruzzo	Region	1,249,054	1,262,392	1,307,309	1,285,256	→
Chieti	Province	381,830	382,076	387,956	376,397	→
L'Aquila	Province	297,838	297,424	298,343	292,356	→
Pescara	Province	289,534	295,481	314,661	314,689	→
Teramo	Province	279,852	287,411	306,349	301,814	→
Basilicata	Region	610,528	597,768	578,036	547,579	→
Matera	Province	208,985	204,239	200,101	193,457	→
Potenza	Province	401,543	393,529	377,935	354,122	→
Calabria	Region	2,070,203	2,011,466	1,959,050	1,877,728	→
Catanzaro	Province	382,565	369,578	359,841	346,514	→
Cosenza	Province	750,896	733,797	714,030	684,786	→
Crotone	Province	180,409	173,122	170,803	166,617	→
Reggio di Calabria	Metropolitan City	576,693	564,223	550,967	526,586	→
Vibo Valentia	Province	179,640	170,746	163,409	153,225	→
Campania	Region	5,630,280	5,701,931	5,766,810	5,679,759	→
Avellino	Province	438,812	429,178	429,157	405,963	→
Benevento	Province	293,026	287,042	284,900	269,233	→
Caserta	Province	815,815	852,872	904,921	911,606	→
Napoli [Naples]	Metropolitan City	3,016,026	3,059,196	3,054,956	3,017,658	→
Salerno	Province	1,066,601	1,073,643	1,092,876	1,075,299	→
Emilia-Romagna	Region	3,926,422	4,000,703	4,342,135	4,445,549	→
Bologna	Metropolitan City	906,856	915,225	976,243	1,019,539	→
Ferrara	Province	360,763	344,323	353,481	341,967	→
Forlì-Cesena	Province	348,647	358,542	390,738	393,556	→
Modena	Province	604,680	633,993	685,777	704,672	→
Parma	Province	391,330	392,976	427,434	453,604	→
Piacenza	Province	267,633	263,872	284,616	284,075	→
Ravenna	Province	350,454	347,847	384,761	386,309	→
Reggio nell'Emilia	Province	420,431	453,892	517,316	526,349	→
Rimini	Province	275,628	290,033	321,769	335,478	→
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Autonomous Region	1,199,039	1,185,123	1,220,291	1,198,753	→
Gorizia	Province	138,119	136,491	140,143	136,809	→
Pordenone	Province	275,267	286,198	310,811	309,058	→
Trieste	Province	261,825	242,235	232,601	229,470	→
Udine	Province	523,828	520,199	536,736	523,416	→
Lazio [Latium]	Region	5,140,371	5,112,413	5,502,886	5,720,796	→
Frosinone	Province	479,559	484,566	492,661	473,467	→
Latina	Province	476,282	491,230	544,732	561,139	→
Rieti	Province	144,942	147,410	155,164	151,668	→
Roma [Rome]	Metropolitan City	3,761,067	3,700,424	3,997,465	4,227,588	→
Viterbo	Province	278,521	288,783	312,864	306,934	→
Liguria	Region	1,676,282	1,571,783	1,570,694	1,509,805	→
Genova [Genoa]	Metropolitan City	950,849	878,082	855,834	816,916	→
Imperia	Province	213,587	205,238	214,502	208,585	→
La Spezia	Province	227,199	215,935	219,330	215,538	→
Savona	Province	284,647	272,528	281,028	268,766	→
Lombardia [Lombardy]	Region	8,856,074	9,032,554	9,704,151	9,966,992	→
Bergamo	Province	911,392	974,873	1,088,284	1,099,621	→
Brescia	Province	1,044,544	1,108,776	1,238,044	1,247,583	→
Como	Province	522,147	537,500	586,735	594,671	→
Cremona	Province	327,970	335,939	357,623	351,698	→
Lecco	Province	294,248	309,708	334,303	332,593	→
Lodi	Province	184,025	197,672	223,755	225,885	→
Mantova [Mantua]	Province	369,630	377,790	408,336	403,585	→
Milano [Milan]	Metropolitan City	3,009,338	2,940,579	3,038,420	3,249,821	→
Monza e della Brianza	Province	729,347	766,631	840,129	867,421	→
Pavia	Province	490,898	493,753	535,822	534,951	→
Sondrio	Province	175,496	176,856	180,814	179,234	→
Varese	Province	797,039	812,477	871,886	879,929	→
Marche	Region	1,412,295	1,453,224	1,541,319	1,501,406	→
Ancona	Province	437,263	448,473	473,865	465,023	→
Ascoli Piceno	Province	197,811	203,153	210,407	204,575	→
Fermo	Province	162,671	166,218	174,857	170,248	→
Macerata	Province	295,481	301,523	319,607	307,421	→
Pesaro e Urbino	Province	319,069	333,857	362,583	354,139	→
Molise	Region	330,900	320,601	313,660	296,547	→
Campobasso	Province	238,958	230,749	226,419	214,629	→
Isernia	Province	91,942	89,852	87,241	81,918	→
Piemonte [Piedmont]	Region	4,302,565	4,214,677	4,363,916	4,273,210	→
Alessandria	Province	438,245	418,231	427,229	411,922	→
Asti	Province	208,332	208,339	217,573	209,648	→
Biella	Province	191,291	187,249	182,192	171,838	→
Cuneo	Province	547,234	556,330	586,378	582,353	→
Novara	Province	334,614	343,040	365,559	362,199	→
Torino [Turin]	Metropolitan City	2,236,765	2,165,619	2,247,780	2,212,996	→
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	Province	162,215	159,040	160,264	155,065	→
Vercelli	Province	183,869	176,829	176,941	167,189	→
Puglia [Apulia]	Region	4,031,885	4,020,707	4,052,566	3,926,931	→
Bari	Metropolitan City	1,202,704	1,218,038	1,247,303	1,222,818	→
Barletta-Andria-Trani	Province	367,314	383,018	391,723	382,685	→
Brindisi	Province	411,314	402,422	400,801	382,454	→
Foggia	Province	657,000	649,598	626,072	601,419	→
Lecce	Province	803,977	787,825	802,018	777,507	→
Taranto	Province	589,576	579,806	584,649	560,048	→
Sardegna [Sardinia]	Autonomous Region	1,648,248	1,631,880	1,639,362	1,598,225	→
Cagliari	Metropolitan City	405,209	414,850	420,677	420,117	→
Nuoro	Province	227,091	221,062	215,165	202,951	→
Oristano	Province	171,973	166,965	163,031	153,226	→
Sassari	Province	461,061	460,660	478,544	481,052	→
Sud Sardegna [South Sardinia]	Province	382,914	368,343	361,945	340,879	→
Sicilia [Sicily]	Autonomous Region	4,966,386	4,968,991	5,002,904	4,840,876	→
Agrigento	Province	476,158	448,053	446,837	419,847	→
Caltanissetta	Province	278,275	274,035	273,099	252,803	→
Catania	Province	1,035,665	1,054,778	1,078,766	1,066,765	→
Enna	Province	186,182	177,200	173,451	158,183	→
Messina	Metropolitan City	646,871	662,450	649,824	609,223	→
Palermo	Metropolitan City	1,224,778	1,235,923	1,243,585	1,214,291	→
Ragusa	Province	289,733	295,264	307,492	314,950	→
Siracusa [Syracuse]	Province	402,014	396,167	399,933	386,451	→
Trapani	Province	426,710	425,121	429,917	418,363	→
Toscana [Tuscany]	Region	3,529,946	3,497,806	3,672,202	3,668,333	→
Arezzo	Province	314,564	323,288	343,676	336,870	→
Firenze [Florence]	Metropolitan City	967,437	933,860	973,145	986,001	→
Grosseto	Province	216,015	211,086	220,564	218,538	→
Livorno	Province	336,626	326,444	335,247	329,590	→
Lucca	Province	377,101	372,244	388,327	380,676	→
Massa-Carrara	Province	200,312	197,652	199,650	189,841	→
Pisa	Province	385,285	384,555	411,190	416,425	→
Pistoia	Province	264,622	268,503	287,866	290,819	→
Prato	Province	217,244	227,886	245,916	256,047	→
Siena	Province	250,740	252,288	266,621	263,526	→
Trentino-Alto Adige (Trient-Südtirol)	Autonomous Region	890,360	940,016	1,029,475	1,078,460	→
Bolzano [South Tyrol]	Autonomous Province	440,508	462,999	504,643	533,715	→
Trento [Trentino]	Autonomous Province	449,852	477,017	524,832	544,745	→
Umbria	Region	811,831	825,826	884,268	865,013	→
Perugia	Province	588,781	605,950	655,844	643,311	→
Terni	Province	223,050	219,876	228,424	221,702	→
Valle d'Aosta [Aosta Valley]	Autonomous Region	115,938	119,548	126,806	123,895	→
Valle d'Aosta (Vallée d'Aoste) [Aosta Valley]	Province	115,938	119,548	126,806	123,895	→
Veneto [Venetia]	Region	4,379,424	4,526,335	4,855,904	4,852,453	→
Belluno	Province	210,712	208,191	208,695	199,599	→
Padova [Padua]	Province	820,318	849,857	921,361	929,520	→
Rovigo	Province	248,004	242,538	242,349	229,652	→
Treviso	Province	744,038	795,264	876,790	878,070	→
Venezia [Venice]	Metropolitan City	820,052	809,586	846,962	842,942	→
Verona	Province	788,343	826,582	900,542	922,291	→
Vicenza	Province	747,957	794,317	859,205	850,379	→
Italia [Italy]	Republic	56,778,031	56,995,744	59,433,744	59,257,566

Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica Italia (web).

Explanation: The latest population figures are result of a sampling survey combined with an evaluation of registers.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2021)
Males	28,864,088
Females	30,393,478

Age Groups (E 2021)
0-17 years	9,272,443
18-64 years	36,062,050
65+ years	13,923,073

Age Distribution (E 2021)
0-9 years	4,742,049
10-19 years	5,673,197
20-29 years	6,041,667
30-39 years	6,747,378
40-49 years	8,700,035
50-59 years	9,466,362
60-69 years	7,441,208
70-79 years	5,965,244
80-89 years	3,665,286
90+ years	815,140

Nationality (E 2020)
Italy	54,601,851
European Union	1,504,334
Europe (rest)	995,816
Africa	1,107,207
Asia	1,060,311
Other nationality	371,969