Demographic indicators

On 1st January 2019, the population was estimated to be 60,391,000 and the decrease on the previous year was around 90,000 units (-1.5 per thousand). […]

International and internal migrations

In 2017 the total internal mobility volume amounted to 1 million 335 thousand transfers and remained substantially stable compared with 2016 (+0.2%). Opposite trends characterized […]

Birth and fertility

In 2017, 458,151 births were registered in the Resident Population Register (-15 thousand births over the previous year). The figures confirmed the downward trend that […]

Birth and fertility

In 2017, 458,151 births were registered in the Resident Population Register (-15 thousand births over the previous year). The figures confirmed the downward trend that […]

Foreign residents in Italy

On the 1st of January 2018, non-EU foreigners holding a residence permit in Italy were 3,714,934. Citizens from Morocco (443,147), Albania (430,340), China (309,110), Ukraine […]

Palermo city of culture

In 2018, 668,405 inhabitants live in the municipality of Palermo. The population has been decreasing for at least 25 years (in 1990 residents were over […]

Resident population by marital status

At January 1st 2018 the resident population in Italy is equal to 60 million 484 thousand. The age structure has strongly aged: 13.4% of the […]

Resident population by marital status

Infographic on resident population by marital status at January 1st 2018. Click the image to download pdf  Press release Resident population by marital status

National demographic balance

As of December 31st, 2017 Italy had 60,483,973 inhabitants, more than 5 million of which had foreign citizenship: 8.5% at national level(10.7 % in Central-northern […]

Lone mothers

In Italy, in 2015-2016, there were 1 million 34 thousand lone parents with at least one minor child, 15.8% of the families with minor children. […]