Puglia / Apulia (Italy): Provinces, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Provinces

The population of the provinces of Apulia 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
Bari		MetProv	Bari	3,863	1,154,535	1,202,704	1,218,038	1,247,303	1,226,784	1,218,073	386300	→
Barletta-Andria-Trani		Prov	Barletta / Andria	1,543	347,860	367,314	383,018	391,723	380,616	375,933	154300	→
Brindisi		Prov	Brindisi	1,862	391,064	411,314	402,422	400,801	381,273	373,631	186200	→
Foggia		Prov	Foggia	7,008	643,827	657,000	649,598	626,072	599,028	587,785	700800	→
Lecce		Prov	Lecce	2,799	762,017	803,977	787,825	802,018	775,348	761,927	279900	→
Taranto		Prov	Taranto	2,468	572,314	589,576	579,806	584,649	559,892	547,928	246800	→
Puglia [Apulia]	PUG	Reg	Bari	19,543	3,871,617	4,031,885	4,020,707	4,052,566	3,922,941	3,865,277	1954300	→
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	Bari	316,248
2	Taranto	185,112
3	Foggia	145,078
4	Andria	96,520
5	Lecce	94,387
6	Barletta	92,067
7	Brindisi	81,181
8	Altamura	70,336

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Apulia 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
Acquaviva delle Fonti	18,390	21,229	21,613	21,038	20,087	19,680	13202	→
Altamura	51,346	57,874	64,167	69,529	69,855	70,336	43137	→
Andria	84,661	90,063	95,653	100,052	97,588	96,520	40288	→
Bari	371,022	342,309	316,532	315,933	315,948	316,248	11756	→
Barletta	83,453	89,527	92,094	94,239	92,798	92,067	14945	→
Bisceglie	46,538	47,408	51,718	54,678	53,738	53,242	6927	→
Bitonto	49,714	53,772	56,929	56,258	53,396	52,868	17434	→
Brindisi	89,786	95,383	89,081	88,812	83,317	81,181	33330	→
Canosa di Puglia	30,948	31,240	31,445	30,422	28,187	27,275	15093	→
Casamassima	12,047	14,054	16,734	19,246	19,404	19,093	7843	→
Casarano	17,772	20,164	20,579	20,489	19,372	18,940	3873	→
Ceglie Messapica	20,571	20,805	21,370	20,209	18,880	18,363	13202	→
Cerignola	50,819	55,052	57,366	56,653	57,127	56,711	59392	→
Conversano	20,511	22,641	24,071	25,683	25,784	25,993	12842	→
Copertino	22,315	23,475	22,294	23,870	23,159	22,698	5853	→
Corato	41,198	42,750	44,971	48,072	47,117	46,845	16928	→
Fasano	35,440	38,782	38,667	39,482	38,943	38,747	13180	→
Foggia	156,467	156,268	155,203	147,036	146,803	145,078	50925	→
Francavilla Fontana	32,912	33,995	36,274	36,955	35,246	34,352	17794	→
Galatina	27,782	29,296	28,081	27,214	25,885	25,173	8265	→
Gallipoli	19,822	20,090	20,266	20,398	19,561	18,826	4123	→
Ginosa	20,284	21,907	22,146	22,582	21,869	21,721	18860	→
Gioia del Colle	27,411	26,290	27,655	27,889	26,731	26,433	20894	→
Giovinazzo	19,202	20,933	20,300	20,433	19,485	19,087	4428	→
Gravina in Puglia	36,226	39,261	42,154	43,614	42,915	41,990	38472	→
Grottaglie	27,964	30,947	31,894	32,503	30,869	29,976	10212	→
Lecce	91,289	100,884	83,303	89,916	94,783	94,387	23958	→
Lucera	32,795	35,615	35,162	34,333	31,458	30,335	33979	→
Manduria	30,608	31,453	31,747	30,921	30,117	29,528	18044	→
Manfredonia	53,030	58,318	57,704	56,257	54,342	53,015	35480	→
Martina Franca	43,086	45,404	48,756	49,009	47,301	46,753	29872	→
Massafra	27,709	30,623	30,923	32,381	32,116	31,766	12799	→
Mesagne	30,229	30,267	27,587	27,753	26,114	25,738	12405	→
Modugno	33,830	37,056	35,980	37,532	36,539	35,993	3224	→
Mola di Bari	26,161	25,847	25,919	25,567	24,625	24,095	5094	→
Molfetta	65,625	66,839	62,546	60,433	57,645	57,016	5911	→
Monopoli	44,155	46,733	46,708	48,529	48,078	47,657	15786	→
Nardò	28,461	31,490	30,520	31,688	30,790	30,784	19327	→
Noicattaro	16,510	20,937	23,686	25,710	26,016	25,766	4079	→
Ostuni	31,367	33,551	32,901	31,860	30,302	29,803	22556	→
Palo del Colle	14,693	18,106	20,852	21,555	20,761	20,253	7971	→
Putignano	25,432	26,992	28,176	27,083	26,087	25,696	10015	→
Ruvo di Puglia	23,720	24,845	25,741	25,662	24,520	24,092	22383	→
San Giovanni Rotondo	21,891	24,378	26,106	27,329	26,382	26,129	26197	→
San Severo	54,205	55,085	55,861	54,906	49,843	48,807	33630	→
Santeramo in Colle	22,417	24,435	26,050	26,770	25,870	25,578	14485	→
San Vito dei Normanni	19,033	20,483	20,070	19,620	18,267	17,793	6708	→
Taranto	233,496	232,334	202,033	200,154	189,461	185,112	24972	→
Terlizzi	24,462	26,433	27,532	26,986	26,209	25,958	6923	→
Trani	44,510	50,429	53,139	55,842	55,035	54,731	10351	→
Triggiano	20,313	24,698	26,312	27,007	26,113	25,558	2014	→

Istituto Nazionale di Statistica Italia.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2026)
Males	1,890,243
Females	1,975,034

Age Groups (E 2026)
0-17 years	558,693
18-64 years	2,329,598
65+ years	976,986

Age Distribution (E 2026)
90+ years	54,944
80-89 years	233,662
70-79 years	432,491
60-69 years	553,178
50-59 years	608,853
40-49 years	506,063
30-39 years	425,667
20-29 years	413,023
10-19 years	363,347
0-9 years	274,049

Citizenship (E 2026)
Italy	3,699,480
Foreign Citizenship	165,797