Emilia-Romagna (Italy): Provinces, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Provinces

The population of the provinces of Emilia-Romagna according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1981-10-25	Population Census (C) 1991-10-20	Population Census (C) 2001-10-21	Population Census (C) 2011-10-09	Population Census (C) 2021-12-31	Population Estimate (Ep) 2026-01-01
Bologna		MetProv	Bologna	3,702	930,284	906,856	915,225	976,243	1,010,812	1,024,290	370200	→
Ferrara		Prov	Ferrara	2,628	381,118	360,763	344,323	353,481	339,573	340,482	262800	→
Forlì-Cesena		Prov	Forlì	2,378	349,092	348,647	358,542	390,738	391,293	394,337	237800	→
Modena		Prov	Modena	2,688	596,025	604,680	633,993	685,777	701,751	711,502	268800	→
Parma		Prov	Parma	3,447	400,192	391,330	392,976	427,434	448,916	457,509	344700	→
Piacenza		Prov	Piacenza	2,586	278,424	267,633	263,872	284,616	283,435	287,745	258600	→
Ravenna		Prov	Ravenna	1,859	358,654	350,454	347,847	384,761	385,631	387,743	185900	→
Reggio nell'Emilia		Prov	Reggio nell'Emilia	2,291	413,396	420,431	453,892	517,316	525,586	532,157	229100	→
Rimini		Prov	Rimini	922	269,919	278,047	292,526	324,389	338,369	341,244	92200	→
Emilia-Romagna	EMI	Reg	Bologna	22,502	3,977,104	3,928,841	4,003,196	4,344,755	4,425,366	4,477,009	2250200	→
Italy	ITA	Rep	Roma	302,110	56,556,911	56,778,031	56,995,744	59,433,744	59,030,133	58,942,828		→

Istituto Nazionale di Statistica Italia.

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (Ep) 2026-01-01
1	Bologna	391,473
2	Parma	199,450
3	Modena	184,361
4	Reggio nell'Emilia	172,921
5	Ravenna	156,475
6	Rimini	150,774
7	Ferrara	129,048
8	Forlì	118,053
9	Piacenza	103,737

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Emilia-Romagna with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Population Census (C) 1981-10-25	Population Census (C) 1991-10-20	Population Census (C) 2001-10-21	Population Census (C) 2011-10-09	Population Census (C) 2021-12-31	Population Estimate (Ep) 2026-01-01	Area
Argenta	24,067	22,529	21,648	22,133	20,995	21,295	31154	→
Bologna	459,080	404,378	371,217	371,337	387,842	391,473	14086	→
Carpi	60,614	60,715	61,476	67,268	71,402	74,041	13154	→
Casalecchio di Reno	35,915	34,503	33,029	35,173	35,784	35,359	1733	→
Castelfranco Emilia	20,715	21,247	25,096	31,656	33,061	33,625	10256	→
Castel San Pietro Terme	15,648	17,922	19,153	20,468	20,666	20,702	14841	→
Cento	29,233	29,033	29,297	34,723	35,228	35,836	6474	→
Cervia	24,704	25,294	25,892	28,896	28,758	29,075	8234	→
Cesena	89,451	88,487	90,948	95,990	96,168	95,620	24946	→
Cesenatico	20,116	20,390	21,716	25,412	25,958	26,042	4525	→
Comacchio	20,992	21,179	20,320	22,648	21,989	22,003	28374	→
Correggio	20,018	20,113	20,604	24,825	25,008	25,234	7751	→
Faenza	55,158	54,139	53,641	57,748	58,899	58,750	21576	→
Ferrara	149,453	138,015	130,992	132,545	129,872	129,048	40552	→
Fidenza	23,901	23,192	23,424	25,521	26,981	27,573	9512	→
Forlì	110,806	109,541	108,335	116,434	116,558	118,053	22820	→
Formigine	21,509	26,667	30,073	33,667	34,494	34,496	4676	→
Imola	60,661	62,567	64,348	67,892	69,551	69,702	20502	→
Lugo	34,359	32,204	31,603	32,062	31,919	32,128	11701	→
Mirandola	22,011	21,588	22,068	23,960	24,135	24,921	13705	→
Modena	180,312	176,990	175,502	179,149	184,971	184,361	18317	→
Parma	179,019	170,520	163,457	175,895	195,436	199,450	26060	→
Piacenza	109,039	102,268	95,594	100,311	102,364	103,737	11823	→
Ravenna	137,375	135,844	134,631	153,740	155,836	156,475	65367	→
Reggio nell'Emilia	130,376	132,030	141,877	162,082	169,908	172,921	23068	→
Riccione	31,423	32,909	33,887	34,536	34,603	34,367	1752	→
Rimini	127,813	127,960	128,656	139,601	149,169	150,774	13582	→
Salsomaggiore Terme	18,028	17,406	17,906	19,505	19,906	20,640	8150	→
San Giovanni in Persiceto	22,327	22,513	24,007	26,992	27,869	28,195	11441	→
San Lazzaro di Savena	28,596	30,312	29,446	31,091	32,606	32,950	4472	→
Santarcangelo di Romagna	15,974	17,286	18,943	20,839	22,184	22,366	4506	→
Sassuolo	40,226	40,275	39,852	39,885	40,469	41,123	3840	→
Scandiano	21,512	21,908	22,839	24,792	25,767	25,979	5005	→
Valsamoggia	19,033	21,337	24,904	29,427	31,605	32,258	17811	→
Vignola	19,688	20,138	21,178	24,344	25,686	26,310	2286	→

Istituto Nazionale di Statistica Italia.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2026)
Males	2,204,044
Females	2,272,965

Age Groups (E 2026)
0-17 years	646,539
18-64 years	2,702,140
65+ years	1,128,330

Age Distribution (E 2026)
90+ years	77,623
80-89 years	292,530
70-79 years	473,424
60-69 years	623,521
50-59 years	734,352
40-49 years	582,772
30-39 years	502,529
20-29 years	455,820
10-19 years	417,081
0-9 years	317,357

Citizenship (E 2026)
Italy	3,900,417
Foreign Citizenship	576,592