Demographic Indicators - Year 2023

Nearly stable population thanks to immigration

Falling birth rate, sharply declining mortality: 6 newborns and 11 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants.

More immigrants and less emigrants than the previous year: net migration rises from +261thousand in 2022 to +274thousand in 2023.

More demographic decline in the Municipalities of the Inner areas in the Mezzogiorno (South+Islands): variation of about 5 per thousand less over the previous year; population reduction in four Municipalities over five.

Resident foreign population on the rise: as of January 1, 2024, 5 million and 308thousand individuals, +166thousand over the previous year.