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Resident population of Italy from 2012 to 2025

Characteristic	Number of inhabitants
2025*	58,943,464
2024	58,971,230
2023	58,997,201
2022	59,030,133
2021	59,236,213
2020	59,641,488
2019	59,816,673
2018	60,483,973
2017	60,589,445
2016	60,665,551
2015	60,795,612
2014	60,782,668
2013	59,685,227
2012	59,394,207

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March 2026

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Italy

Survey time period

January 2012 to January 2025

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* Estimate.

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As of January 2025, Italy had a population of around 59 million people. Over the past years, Italy's population decreased. An aging population and a very low birth rate are the primary causes of this contraction. Population forecasts predict that the number of residents in the country will be roughly 52.3 million by 2050.

Birth rates and foreign population

The birth rate in Italy declined continuously from 2002, when 9.4 babies per 1,000 inhabitants were born, to 2023, when this number dropped to 6.3. However, there was one increasing demographic trend in the country over the last few years. The foreign-born population, in fact, increased from 2009 to 2023, surpassing six million people.

Regional and gender distribution

In Italy, female citizens were slightly more numerous than their male counterparts. The most populated region in 2025 was Lombardy, accounting for a sixth of the whole Italian population. Lazio and Campania followed, both with around 5.6 million inhabitants. On the other hand, the smallest Italian region in terms of population was the Aosta Valley, with only around 123,000 inhabitants.