Messina

Metropolitan City in Sicilia

Metropolitan City

The population development of Messina.

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
Messina	Metropolitan City	669,323	646,871	662,450	649,824	603,229	594,074	→
Sicilia [Sicily]	Autonomous Region	4,906,878	4,966,386	4,968,991	5,002,904	4,833,329	4,775,194

Contents: Communes

The population development of the communes in Messina.

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Name	Status	Province	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
Acquedolci	Commune	Messina	4,925	5,122	5,373	5,744	5,494	5,532	→
Alcara li Fusi	Commune	Messina	3,038	3,079	2,473	2,072	1,742	1,589	→
Alì	Commune	Messina	1,087	1,050	933	823	685	596	→
Alì Terme	Commune	Messina	2,276	2,425	2,569	2,567	2,369	2,317	→
Antillo	Commune	Messina	1,346	1,279	1,128	992	840	773	→
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto	Commune	Messina	38,171	40,544	41,258	41,632	40,029	39,756	→
Basicò	Commune	Messina	990	904	746	679	532	614	→
Brolo	Commune	Messina	4,274	5,072	5,495	5,826	5,753	5,712	→
Capizzi	Commune	Messina	3,919	3,797	3,564	3,347	2,888	2,707	→
Capo d'Orlando	Commune	Messina	10,530	11,948	12,710	13,260	13,102	13,065	→
Capri Leone	Commune	Messina	2,242	3,459	4,016	4,516	4,354	4,401	→
Caronia	Commune	Messina	4,186	4,116	3,589	3,463	3,093	2,917	→
Casalvecchio Siculo	Commune	Messina	1,702	1,447	1,152	907	735	675	→
Castel di Lucio	Commune	Messina	1,783	1,751	1,561	1,366	1,184	1,355	→
Castell'Umberto	Commune	Messina	3,960	3,915	3,564	3,295	2,878	2,731	→
Castelmola	Commune	Messina	1,133	1,123	1,092	1,073	1,062	1,071	→
Castroreale	Commune	Messina	3,394	3,126	2,910	2,548	2,244	2,231	→
Cesarò	Commune	Messina	3,100	3,280	2,815	2,572	2,204	2,060	→
Condrò	Commune	Messina	576	519	523	481	464	501	→
Falcone	Commune	Messina	2,446	2,856	2,858	2,874	2,785	2,826	→
Ficarra	Commune	Messina	2,274	2,020	1,803	1,566	1,316	1,267	→
Fiumedinisi	Commune	Messina	2,040	1,912	1,679	1,559	1,288	1,250	→
Floresta	Commune	Messina	1,035	923	637	516	470	458	→
Fondachelli-Fantina	Commune	Messina	1,921	1,643	1,235	1,090	943	1,058	→
Forza d'Agrò	Commune	Messina	989	948	864	878	848	902	→
Francavilla di Sicilia	Commune	Messina	5,216	5,096	4,347	3,901	3,591	3,498	→
Frazzanò	Commune	Messina	1,271	1,203	959	755	594	524	→
Furci Siculo	Commune	Messina	3,102	3,321	3,285	3,428	3,221	3,245	→
Furnari	Commune	Messina	3,166	3,457	3,394	3,665	3,851	4,246	→
Gaggi	Commune	Messina	1,900	2,384	2,693	3,138	3,116	3,094	→
Galati Mamertino	Commune	Messina	3,457	3,419	3,127	2,794	2,328	2,108	→
Gallodoro	Commune	Messina	486	474	409	381	336	320	→
Giardini-Naxos	Commune	Messina	8,130	8,640	9,152	9,268	9,148	9,437	→
Gioiosa Marea	Commune	Messina	6,221	6,867	7,245	7,114	6,737	6,686	→
Graniti	Commune	Messina	1,688	1,621	1,587	1,522	1,449	1,434	→
Gualtieri Sicaminò	Commune	Messina	2,472	2,357	2,018	1,834	1,591	1,508	→
Itala	Commune	Messina	1,766	1,813	1,692	1,663	1,495	1,491	→
Leni	Commune	Messina	652	682	641	702	681	669	→
Letojanni	Commune	Messina	2,355	2,283	2,480	2,699	2,808	2,979	→
Librizzi	Commune	Messina	2,112	2,161	1,908	1,771	1,584	1,535	→
Limina	Commune	Messina	1,322	1,141	1,006	900	738	703	→
Lipari	Commune	Messina	10,547	10,382	10,554	11,642	12,508	12,794	→
Longi	Commune	Messina	1,939	1,784	1,653	1,562	1,350	1,251	→
Malfa	Commune	Messina	823	871	851	988	978	1,003	→
Malvagna	Commune	Messina	1,473	1,190	973	794	639	575	→
Mandanici	Commune	Messina	932	843	761	629	531	468	→
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea	Commune	Messina	1,965	1,918	1,755	1,567	1,400	1,405	→
Merì	Commune	Messina	1,831	1,984	2,186	2,396	2,322	2,394	→
Messina	Commune	Messina	260,118	231,693	252,026	243,262	221,246	216,458	→
Milazzo	Commune	Messina	30,607	31,541	32,108	32,146	30,397	29,779	→
Militello Rosmarino	Commune	Messina	1,922	1,552	1,445	1,334	1,174	1,168	→
Mirto	Commune	Messina	1,444	1,244	1,104	1,000	906	852	→
Mistretta	Commune	Messina	6,289	6,195	5,541	5,014	4,388	4,150	→
Moio Alcantara	Commune	Messina	821	889	805	756	685	679	→
Monforte San Giorgio	Commune	Messina	3,611	3,226	3,088	2,880	2,547	2,390	→
Mongiuffi Melia	Commune	Messina	1,125	975	783	653	537	506	→
Montagnareale	Commune	Messina	1,926	1,841	1,787	1,631	1,419	1,342	→
Montalbano Elicona	Commune	Messina	3,862	3,477	2,838	2,420	2,021	2,072	→
Motta Camastra	Commune	Messina	1,078	965	867	882	811	762	→
Motta d'Affermo	Commune	Messina	1,170	1,158	954	828	672	646	→
Naso	Commune	Messina	5,619	4,741	4,512	4,015	3,513	3,344	→
Nizza di Sicilia	Commune	Messina	3,130	3,539	3,586	3,723	3,543	3,488	→
Novara di Sicilia	Commune	Messina	3,039	2,197	1,731	1,413	1,186	1,045	→
Oliveri	Commune	Messina	1,793	2,083	2,099	2,157	2,048	2,226	→
Pace del Mela	Commune	Messina	4,729	5,471	6,117	6,388	6,011	5,938	→
Pagliara	Commune	Messina	1,537	1,428	1,237	1,230	1,135	1,100	→
Patti	Commune	Messina	12,429	12,959	13,108	13,325	12,802	12,721	→
Pettineo	Commune	Messina	1,689	1,689	1,547	1,433	1,235	1,222	→
Piraino	Commune	Messina	3,760	3,734	3,803	3,964	3,798	3,724	→
Raccuja	Commune	Messina	2,296	1,692	1,389	1,139	889	839	→
Reitano	Commune	Messina	1,074	1,062	951	829	733	705	→
Roccafiorita	Commune	Messina	330	266	254	228	182	154	→
Roccalumera	Commune	Messina	3,938	4,050	4,029	4,105	3,914	4,143	→
Roccavaldina	Commune	Messina	1,208	1,259	1,172	1,149	1,006	965	→
Roccella Valdemone	Commune	Messina	1,325	990	841	711	567	532	→
Rodì Milici	Commune	Messina	2,520	2,334	2,335	2,130	1,947	1,938	→
Rometta	Commune	Messina	4,939	6,113	6,307	6,541	6,529	6,497	→
San Filippo del Mela	Commune	Messina	5,264	6,606	6,952	7,065	6,791	6,617	→
San Fratello	Commune	Messina	5,420	5,055	4,561	3,942	3,323	3,159	→
San Marco d'Alunzio	Commune	Messina	2,508	2,396	2,202	2,083	1,812	1,775	→
San Pier Niceto	Commune	Messina	3,213	3,122	3,085	2,911	2,632	2,518	→
San Piero Patti	Commune	Messina	4,157	3,938	3,511	3,082	2,612	2,535	→
San Salvatore di Fitalia	Commune	Messina	2,196	1,954	1,679	1,378	1,150	1,103	→
Santa Domenica Vittoria	Commune	Messina	1,309	1,246	1,173	1,067	873	861	→
Sant'Agata di Militello	Commune	Messina	12,727	12,796	12,876	12,803	11,950	12,133	→
Sant'Alessio Siculo	Commune	Messina	1,193	1,352	1,346	1,497	1,527	1,542	→
Santa Lucia del Mela	Commune	Messina	5,218	4,858	4,701	4,744	4,428	4,342	→
Santa Marina Salina	Commune	Messina	762	848	808	892	854	877	→
Sant'Angelo di Brolo	Commune	Messina	4,810	4,376	3,856	3,297	2,806	2,625	→
Santa Teresa di Riva	Commune	Messina	8,079	7,824	8,925	9,240	9,337	9,133	→
San Teodoro	Commune	Messina	1,823	1,689	1,578	1,421	1,244	1,185	→
Santo Stefano di Camastra	Commune	Messina	5,351	5,194	4,653	4,674	4,415	4,325	→
Saponara	Commune	Messina	4,049	3,945	4,131	4,078	3,704	3,620	→
Savoca	Commune	Messina	1,408	1,518	1,675	1,766	1,697	1,749	→
Scaletta Zanclea	Commune	Messina	2,740	2,677	2,578	2,249	1,871	1,861	→
Sinagra	Commune	Messina	3,280	3,173	3,041	2,760	2,498	2,418	→
Spadafora	Commune	Messina	4,986	5,119	5,234	5,091	4,682	4,602	→
Taormina	Commune	Messina	10,209	10,120	10,780	11,084	10,473	10,476	→
Terme Vigliatore	Commune	Messina	5,374	5,941	6,561	7,213	7,216	7,363	→
Torregrotta	Commune	Messina	4,659	6,052	6,542	7,426	7,268	7,283	→
Torrenova	Commune	Messina	2,834	3,414	3,691	4,240	4,484	4,483	→
Tortorici	Commune	Messina	10,194	8,484	7,535	6,732	5,792	5,432	→
Tripi	Commune	Messina	1,394	1,225	1,044	933	755	704	→
Tusa	Commune	Messina	3,733	3,630	3,358	3,051	2,638	2,480	→
Ucria	Commune	Messina	1,857	1,646	1,370	1,105	924	841	→
Valdina	Commune	Messina	1,322	1,292	1,209	1,352	1,268	1,246	→
Venetico	Commune	Messina	3,026	3,497	3,691	3,855	3,918	3,961	→
Villafranca Tirrena	Commune	Messina	6,737	7,372	8,517	8,748	8,148	7,709	→

Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica Italia.

Explanation: The 2026 figures are preliminary.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2026)
Males	288,288
Females	305,786

Age Groups (E 2026)
0-17 years	83,318
18-64 years	355,319
65+ years	155,437

Age Distribution (E 2026)
90+ years	8,938
80-89 years	35,337
70-79 years	68,951
60-69 years	88,979
50-59 years	93,101
40-49 years	75,830
30-39 years	67,086
20-29 years	60,825
10-19 years	53,399
0-9 years	41,628

Citizenship (E 2026)
Italy	563,412
Foreign Citizenship	30,662