Italy: Administrative Division

Contents: Regions and Provinces

The population of the Italian regions, provinces and metropolitan provinces (called metropolitan cities) according to census results and latest official estimates.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, citizenship).

Name	Status	Population Census 1981-10-25	Population Census 1991-10-20	Population Census 2001-10-21	Population Census 2011-10-09	Population Estimate 2023-01-01
Abruzzo	Region	1,217,791	1,249,054	1,262,392	1,307,309	1,269,860	→
Chieti	Province	370,534	381,830	382,076	387,956	371,975	→
L'Aquila	Province	291,742	297,838	297,424	298,343	287,151	→
Pescara	Province	286,240	289,534	295,481	314,661	312,320	→
Teramo	Province	269,275	279,852	287,411	306,349	298,414	→
Basilicata	Region	610,186	610,528	597,768	578,036	536,659	→
Matera	Province	203,570	208,985	204,239	200,101	190,739	→
Potenza	Province	406,616	401,543	393,529	377,935	345,920	→
Calabria	Region	2,061,182	2,070,203	2,011,466	1,959,050	1,841,300	→
Catanzaro	Province	381,797	382,565	369,578	359,841	341,008	→
Cosenza	Province	743,255	750,896	733,797	714,030	670,943	→
Crotone	Province	186,671	180,409	173,122	170,803	161,981	→
Reggio di Calabria	Metropolitan City	573,093	576,693	564,223	550,967	517,202	→
Vibo Valentia	Province	176,366	179,640	170,746	163,409	150,166	→
Campania	Region	5,463,134	5,630,280	5,701,931	5,766,810	5,592,175	→
Avellino	Province	434,021	438,812	429,178	429,157	397,889	→
Benevento	Province	289,143	293,026	287,042	284,900	262,413	→
Caserta	Province	755,628	815,815	852,872	904,921	903,663	→
Napoli [Naples]	Metropolitan City	2,970,563	3,016,026	3,059,196	3,054,956	2,969,571	→
Salerno	Province	1,013,779	1,066,601	1,073,643	1,092,876	1,058,639	→
Emilia-Romagna	Region	3,977,104	3,928,841	4,003,196	4,344,755	4,426,929	→
Bologna	Metropolitan City	930,284	906,856	915,225	976,243	1,011,659	→
Ferrara	Province	381,118	360,763	344,323	353,481	338,477	→
Forlì-Cesena	Province	349,092	348,647	358,542	390,738	390,868	→
Modena	Province	596,025	604,680	633,993	685,777	702,521	→
Parma	Province	400,192	391,330	392,976	427,434	450,854	→
Piacenza	Province	278,424	267,633	263,872	284,616	283,650	→
Ravenna	Province	358,654	350,454	347,847	384,761	385,661	→
Reggio nell'Emilia	Province	413,396	420,431	453,892	517,316	525,155	→
Rimini	Province	269,919	278,047	292,526	324,389	338,084	→
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Autonomous Region	1,235,363	1,199,039	1,185,123	1,220,291	1,192,191	→
Gorizia	Province	144,726	138,119	136,491	140,143	137,784	→
Pordenone	Province	275,888	275,267	286,198	310,811	309,612	→
Trieste	Province	283,641	261,825	242,235	232,601	228,080	→
Udine	Province	531,108	523,828	520,199	536,736	516,715	→
Lazio [Latium]	Region	5,001,684	5,140,371	5,112,413	5,502,886	5,707,112	→
Frosinone	Province	460,395	479,559	484,566	492,661	466,757	→
Latina	Province	434,086	476,282	491,230	544,732	565,999	→
Rieti	Province	142,794	144,942	147,410	155,164	150,357	→
Roma [Rome]	Metropolitan City	3,695,961	3,761,067	3,700,424	3,997,465	4,216,553	→
Viterbo	Province	268,448	278,521	288,783	312,864	307,446	→
Liguria	Region	1,807,893	1,676,282	1,571,783	1,570,694	1,502,624	→
Genova [Genoa]	Metropolitan City	1,045,109	950,849	878,082	855,834	813,626	→
Imperia	Province	223,738	213,587	205,238	214,502	208,096	→
La Spezia	Province	241,371	227,199	215,935	219,330	214,279	→
Savona	Province	297,675	284,647	272,528	281,028	266,623	→
Lombardia [Lombardy]	Region	8,891,652	8,856,074	9,032,554	9,704,151	9,950,742	→
Bergamo	Province	875,624	911,392	974,873	1,088,284	1,103,768	→
Brescia	Province	1,017,093	1,044,544	1,108,776	1,238,044	1,253,993	→
Como	Province	511,425	522,147	537,500	586,735	595,513	→
Cremona	Province	332,236	327,970	335,939	357,623	351,169	→
Lecco	Province	285,047	294,248	309,708	334,303	332,043	→
Lodi	Province	179,102	184,025	197,672	223,755	227,495	→
Mantova [Mantua]	Province	377,158	369,630	377,790	408,336	404,696	→
Milano [Milan]	Metropolitan City	3,139,490	3,009,338	2,940,579	3,038,420	3,219,391	→
Monza e della Brianza	Province	699,516	729,347	766,631	840,129	871,546	→
Pavia	Province	512,895	490,898	493,753	535,822	534,968	→
Sondrio	Province	174,009	175,496	176,856	180,814	178,472	→
Varese	Province	788,057	797,039	812,477	871,886	877,688	→
Marche	Region	1,392,813	1,409,876	1,450,731	1,538,699	1,480,839	→
Ancona	Province	433,417	437,263	448,473	473,865	460,276	→
Ascoli Piceno	Province	192,054	197,811	203,153	210,407	201,046	→
Fermo	Province	160,513	162,671	166,218	174,857	167,398	→
Macerata	Province	292,932	295,481	301,523	319,607	303,246	→
Pesaro e Urbino	Province	313,897	316,650	331,364	359,963	348,873	→
Molise	Region	328,371	330,900	320,601	313,660	289,840	→
Campobasso	Province	235,847	238,958	230,749	226,419	210,063	→
Isernia	Province	92,524	91,942	89,852	87,241	79,777	→
Piemonte [Piedmont]	Region	4,479,031	4,302,565	4,214,677	4,363,916	4,240,736	→
Alessandria	Province	466,102	438,245	418,231	427,229	405,701	→
Asti	Province	215,382	208,332	208,339	217,573	207,446	→
Biella	Province	202,135	191,291	187,249	182,192	168,823	→
Cuneo	Province	548,452	547,234	556,330	586,378	579,948	→
Novara	Province	337,271	334,614	343,040	365,559	361,394	→
Torino [Turin]	Metropolitan City	2,345,771	2,236,765	2,165,619	2,247,780	2,198,237	→
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	Province	170,096	162,215	159,040	160,264	153,682	→
Vercelli	Province	193,822	183,869	176,829	176,941	165,505	→
Puglia [Apulia]	Region	3,871,617	4,031,885	4,020,707	4,052,566	3,900,852	→
Bari	Metropolitan City	1,154,535	1,202,704	1,218,038	1,247,303	1,223,102	→
Barletta-Andria-Trani	Province	347,860	367,314	383,018	391,723	378,768	→
Brindisi	Province	391,064	411,314	402,422	400,801	378,898	→
Foggia	Province	643,827	657,000	649,598	626,072	594,007	→
Lecce	Province	762,017	803,977	787,825	802,018	770,078	→
Taranto	Province	572,314	589,576	579,806	584,649	555,999	→
Sardegna [Sardinia]	Autonomous Region	1,594,175	1,648,248	1,631,880	1,639,362	1,575,028	→
Cagliari	Metropolitan City	379,585	405,209	414,850	420,677	419,553	→
Nuoro	Province	227,093	227,091	221,062	215,165	198,184	→
Oristano	Province	170,523	171,973	166,965	163,031	150,041	→
Sassari	Province	438,981	461,061	460,660	478,544	473,629	→
Sud Sardegna [South Sardinia]	Province	377,993	382,914	368,343	361,945	333,621	→
Sicilia [Sicily]	Autonomous Region	4,906,878	4,966,386	4,968,991	5,002,904	4,802,016	→
Agrigento	Province	466,495	476,158	448,053	446,837	412,472	→
Caltanissetta	Province	285,829	278,275	274,035	273,099	248,699	→
Catania	Province	1,005,577	1,035,665	1,054,778	1,078,766	1,071,914	→
Enna	Province	190,939	186,182	177,200	173,451	154,721	→
Messina	Metropolitan City	669,323	646,871	662,450	649,824	598,811	→
Palermo	Metropolitan City	1,198,575	1,224,778	1,235,923	1,243,585	1,200,957	→
Ragusa	Province	274,583	289,733	295,264	307,492	317,136	→
Siracusa [Syracuse]	Province	394,692	402,014	396,167	399,933	383,738	→
Trapani	Province	420,865	426,710	425,121	429,917	413,568	→
Toscana [Tuscany]	Region	3,581,051	3,529,946	3,497,806	3,672,202	3,651,152	→
Arezzo	Province	313,157	314,564	323,288	343,676	333,290	→
Firenze [Florence]	Metropolitan City	995,639	967,437	933,860	973,145	984,991	→
Grosseto	Province	220,905	216,015	211,086	220,564	215,973	→
Livorno	Province	346,657	336,626	326,444	335,247	325,243	→
Lucca	Province	385,876	377,101	372,244	388,327	380,830	→
Massa-Carrara	Province	203,530	200,312	197,652	199,650	187,274	→
Pisa	Province	388,800	385,285	384,555	411,190	416,323	→
Pistoia	Province	264,995	264,622	268,503	287,866	288,911	→
Prato	Province	206,374	217,244	227,886	245,916	258,459	→
Siena	Province	255,118	250,740	252,288	266,621	259,858	→
Trentino-Alto Adige (Trient-Südtirol)	Autonomous Region	873,413	890,360	940,016	1,029,475	1,075,317	→
Bolzano [South Tyrol]	Autonomous Province	430,568	440,508	462,999	504,643	533,267	→
Trento [Trentino]	Autonomous Province	442,845	449,852	477,017	524,832	542,050	→
Umbria	Region	807,552	811,831	825,826	884,268	854,137	→
Perugia	Province	580,988	588,781	605,950	655,844	637,598	→
Terni	Province	226,564	223,050	219,876	228,424	216,539	→
Valle d'Aosta [Aosta Valley]	Autonomous Region	112,353	115,938	119,548	126,806	122,955	→
Valle d'Aosta (Vallée d'Aoste) [Aosta Valley]	Province	112,353	115,938	119,548	126,806	122,955	→
Veneto [Venetia]	Region	4,343,668	4,379,424	4,526,335	4,855,904	4,838,253	→
Belluno	Province	218,956	210,712	208,191	208,695	197,751	→
Padova [Padua]	Province	809,667	820,318	849,857	921,361	928,374	→
Rovigo	Province	253,508	248,004	242,538	242,349	227,418	→
Treviso	Province	720,580	744,038	795,264	876,790	876,115	→
Venezia [Venice]	Metropolitan City	838,794	820,052	809,586	846,962	833,703	→
Verona	Province	775,745	788,343	826,582	900,542	923,950	→
Vicenza	Province	726,418	747,957	794,317	859,205	850,942	→
Italia [Italy]	Republic	56,556,911	56,778,031	56,995,744	59,433,744	58,850,717

Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica Italia (web).

Explanation: The latest population figures are result of a sampling survey combined with an evaluation of registers.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2023)
Males	28,749,359
Females	30,101,358

Age Groups (E 2023)
0-17 years	9,064,590
18-64 years	35,608,682
65+ years	14,177,445

Age Distribution (E 2023)
0-9 years	4,542,286
10-19 years	5,680,103
20-29 years	5,919,814
30-39 years	6,563,586
40-49 years	8,245,970
50-59 years	9,572,599
60-69 years	7,738,187
70-79 years	6,058,728
80-89 years	3,687,774
90+ years	841,670

Citizenship (E 2023)
Italy	53,800,460
Other citizenship	5,050,257