Rome is the most populous city in Italy. With 2.75 million inhabitants, the capital of the country put ahead Milan and Naples. Compared to the number of citizens in 2012, the resident population of Rome increased by over 140,000 individuals. Regional data Rome is located in the center of Italy in the Lazio region. Lazio is the second-largest region in terms of population size after Lombardy. In 2024, the region counts roughly 5.7 million inhabitants, whereas Lombardy has over ten million individuals. The third-largest region is Campania, with 5.6 million people. Naples, the major center of Campania, has around 910,000 inhabitants at the beginning of 2024. Nevertheless, this city was, back in the 19th century, one of the largest cities in Western Europe. Tourism in Rome The Eternal City is also the main tourist destination in Italy and was the eighth most-visited city in Europe. The largest groups of international visitors in Rome came from the United States of America, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Every year, more and more tourists also enjoy the best-known tourist attractions in Rome, like the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and the Palatine Hill, which together recorded almost ten million visitors in 2022.

This statistic shows the ten largest cities in Italy in 2025. In 2025, around 2.75 million people lived in Rome, making it the largest city in Italy. Population of Italy Italy has high population figures and a high population density in comparison to other European countries. A vast majority of Italians lives in urban areas and in the metropolises (as can be seen in this statistic), while other areas, such as the island Sardinia, are rather sparsely inhabited. After an increase a few years ago, Italy’s fertility rate, i.e. the average amount of children born to a woman of childbearing age, is now on a slow decline; however, it is still high enough to offset any significant effect the decrease might have on the country’s number of inhabitants. The median age of Italy’s population has been increasing rapidly over the past 50 years – which mirrors a lower mortality rate – and Italy is now among the countries with the highest life expectancy worldwide, only surpassed by two Asian countries, namely Japan and Hong Kong. Currently, the average life expectancy at birth in Italy is at about 83 years. Most of Italy’s population is of Roman Catholic faith. The country actually boasts one of the largest numbers of Catholics worldwide; other such countries include Brazil, Mexico and the United States. The central government of the Roman Catholic Church, the Holy See, is located in Vatican City in the heart of Italy’s capital and ruled by the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. Officially, Vatican City does not belong to Italy, but is a sovereign state with its own legislation and jurisdiction. It has about 600 inhabitants, who are almost exclusively members of the clergy or government officials.

In 2020, the North Italian city of Cuneo was the city with the largest number of trees every 100 inhabitants. The city had 190 plants per 100 residents, whereas in Modena, in Emilia-Romagna, there were 115 trees per 100 population. Moreover, in Trieste, in the North-East of the country, there were 102 plants per every 100 people.

Naples is the Italian city with the highest population density. As of 2025, the largest south Italian city counts 7,780 inhabitants per square kilometer. Milan followed with around 7,500 residents per square kilometer, whereas Rome, the largest Italian city, registered a population density of only 2,135 people, 5,645 inhabitants per square kilometer less than Naples.

Context

This dataset is the result of my study on web-scraping of English Wikipedia in R and my tests on regression and classification modelization in R.

Content

The content is create by reading the appropriate articles in English Wikipedia about Italian cities: I did'nt run NPL analisys but only the table with the data and I ranked every city from 0 to N in every aspect. About the values, 0 means "*the city is not ranked in this aspect*" and N means "*the city is at first place, in descending order of importance, in this aspect* ". If there's no ranking in a particular aspect (for example, the only existence of the airports/harbours with no additional data about the traffic or the size), then 0 means "*no existence*" and N means "*there are N airports/harbours*". The only not-numeric column is the column with the name of the cities in English form, except some exceptions (for example, "*Bra (CN)* " because of simplicity.

Acknowledgements

I acknowledge the Wikimedia Foundation for his work, his mission and to make available the cover image of this dataset, (please read the article "The Ideal city (painting)") . I acknowledge too StackOverflow and Cross-Validated to be the most important focus of technical knowledge in the world, all the people in Kaggle for the suggestions.

Inspiration

As a beginner in data analisys and modelization (Ok, I passed the exam of statistics in Politecnico di Milano (Italy), but there are more than 10 years that I don't work in this topic and my memory is getting old ^_^) I worked more on data clean, dataset building and building the simplest modelization.

You can use this datase to realize which city is good to live or to expand this to add some other data from Wikipedia (not only reading the tables but too to read the text adn extrapolate the data from the meaningless text.)

Milan is the leading Italian city for waste sorting, with over 60 percent of waste sorted out of the total volume collected. While the volume of sorted waste in northern Italian cities is above 50 percent, this figure drops significantly in southern cities, such as Palermo (Sicily), where it amounted to only 18 percent in 2023. However, the share of waste sorted in Naples increased by roughly 10 percentage points between 2020 and 2021.

Milan, Bologna, Genoa, Florence, and Turin recorded a population increase between 2022 and 2023. In fact, all the other largest municipalities registered a decrease, most prominently in the south and on the islands. However, Naples is the third-largest Italian municipality, after Rome and Milan.

This dataset provides a snapshot of Airbnb listings across major Italian cities, offering valuable insights into the short-term rental market in Italy. Whether you're interested in pricing trends,impact of seasonality, superhost classification, this dataset has something for you.

Data refer to a period between September 2023 and September 2024

Key Features:

• City-level data: Explore listings in popular cities like Florence, Milan, Naples, Rome, and Venice.
• Comprehensive metrics: Data includes pricing, review scores, host details, and more.
• Seasonal analysis: Data spans different periods, allowing for comparisons across seasons.

Data Dictionary:

• Listings id: Unique identifier for each listing.
• Last year reviews: Number of reviews received in the twelve months before the scraping data.
• Date of scraping.
• Host since: Date the host joined Airbnb.
• Host is superhost: Whether the host is a simple host or a superhost .
• Host number of listings: Total number of listings the host has.
• Neighbourhood: Neighborhood where the listing is located.
• Beds number.
• Bedrooms number.
• Property type: Type of room (e.g., entire home, private room).
• Maximum allowed guests: Number of guests the listing can accommodate.
• Price: Price per night (in Euro).
• Total reviews: Total number of reviews.
• Rating score: Overall rating of the listing.
• Accuracy score: Accuracy rating.
• Cleanliness score: Cleanliness rating.
• Checkin score: Check-in rating.
• Communication score: Communication rating.
• Location score: Location rating.
• Value for money score: Value rating.
• Reviews per month: Number of reviews per month.
• City
• Season: Time period when the data was scraped (e.g., Early Winter).
• Bathrooms number: Number of bathrooms
• Bathrooms type: Type of bathrooms (shared vs private)
• Coordinates: latitude, longitude

For visualization reason it is also provide a csv with all city neighbourhoods and the relative geojson.

Disclaimer:

This dataset is intended for informational and research purposes only. It is not affiliated with Airbnb or any other organization.

Population in largest city in Italy was reported at 4331974 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Italy - Population in largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Comprehensive dataset containing 24 verified Database management company businesses in Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.

Comprehensive dataset containing 434 verified Library businesses in Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.

Comprehensive dataset containing 124 verified City government office businesses in Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.

In 2024, the total number of foreign residents in Italy was over five million people. In 2023, Rome and Milan were the cities with the largest presence of immigrant population, followed by Turin, Naples, and Florence.

Comprehensive dataset containing 2,225 verified Historical landmark businesses in Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.

Comprehensive dataset containing 7 verified Mill businesses in Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.

the table contains data relating to the 2010 tax year of taxable income according to the percentage of taxpayers according to some income bands of large cities; Italian.

Italy IT: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 8.953 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 8.920 % for 2016. Italy IT: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 8.946 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.181 % in 1972 and a record low of 8.240 % in 1960. Italy IT: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Italy – Table IT.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; Weighted Average;

In 2022, Florence was the leading smart city in Italy. This result was revealed in a study covering *** provincial capital cities. The level of smartness of the cities was measured through the ICity Rate, which was determined by combining *** indicators related to the following thematic dimensions: economy, living, environment, people, mobility, governance, and legality.  

Smart city features

Nowadays, smart cities in Italy offer a wide range of services, like free Wi-Fi, online services, and IoT and network technologies. In 2022, Cremona, Bergamo, and Rovigo were the leading smart cities offering online services. Moreover, a range of smart city apps has been developed for the Italian market covering segments such as culture and tourism, mobility, and security.

Smart city projects

Tourism and mobility were among the main focuses of several smart city projects that were carried out in Italy over the past few years, with a number of additional projects planned to be implemented in the coming years. Italian municipalities showed major interest in smart city projects regarding security, parking, and urban traffic management.

This bar chart displays land area (km²) by capital city using the aggregation sum in Italy. The data is about countries per year.

Comprehensive dataset containing 20 verified Design businesses in Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.