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.

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.

Throughout the early modern period, the largest city in Italy was Naples. The middle ages saw many metropolitan areas along the Mediterranean grow to become the largest in Europe, as they developed into meeting ports for merchants travelling between the three continents. Italy, throughout this time, was not a unified country, but rather a collection of smaller states that had many cultural similarities, and political control of these cities regularly shifted over the given period. Across this time, the population of each city generally grew between each century, but a series of plague outbreaks in the 1600s devastated the populations of Italy's metropolitan areas, which can be observed here. Naples At the beginning of the 1500s, the Kingdom of Naples was taken under the control of the Spanish crown, where its capital grew to become the largest city in the newly-expanding Spanish Empire. Prosperity then grew in the 16th and 17th centuries, before the city's international importance declined in the 18th century. There is also a noticeable dip in Naples' population size between 1600 and 1700, due to an outbreak of plague in 1656 that almost halved the population. Today, Naples is just the third largest city in Italy, behind Rome and Milan. Rome Over 2,000 years ago, Rome became the first city in the world to have a population of more than one million people, and in 2021, it was Italy's largest city with a population of 2.8 million; however it did go through a period of great decline in the middle ages. After the Fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476CE, Rome's population dropped rapidly, below 100,000 inhabitants in 500CE. 1,000 years later, Rome was an important city in Europe as it was the seat of the Catholic Church, and it had a powerful banking sector, but its population was just 55,000 people as it did not have the same appeal for merchants or migrants held by the other port cities. A series of reforms by the Papacy in the late-1500s then saw significant improvements to infrastructure, housing, and sanitation, and living standards rose greatly. Over the following centuries, the Papacy consolidated its power in the center of the Italian peninsula, which brought stability to the region, and the city of Rome became a cultural center. Across this period, Rome's population grew almost three times larger, which was the highest level of growth of these cities.

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.)

Italy IT: Population in Largest City data was reported at 3,755,830.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,737,750.000 Person for 2016. Italy IT: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 3,416,411.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,755,830.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 2,455,581.000 Person in 1960. Italy IT: Population in Largest City 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 urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

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.

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Italy was reported at 10.19 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Italy - Population in the largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Rome is the largest Italian metropolitan area. As of 2024, the urban area of the capital city has a population of around 4.23 million people. Milan and Naples follow with 3.25 million and 2.97 million people, respectively. In terms of inhabitants per square kilometer, Naples, located in the south, has the highest population density. Rome, Milan, and Naples are also Italy's largest cities.

IT: Population in Largest City data was reported at 3,755,830.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,737,750.000 Person for 2016. IT: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 3,416,411.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,755,830.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 2,455,581.000 Person in 1960. IT: Population in Largest City 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 urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

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 June of 2025.

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;

Comprehensive dataset of 721 Town squares in Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy as of June, 2025. Includes verified contact information (email, phone), geocoded addresses, customer ratings, reviews, business categories, and operational details. Perfect for market research, lead generation, competitive analysis, and business intelligence. Download a complimentary sample to evaluate data quality and completeness.

Comprehensive dataset of 132 City government offices in Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy as of July, 2025. Includes verified contact information (email, phone), geocoded addresses, customer ratings, reviews, business categories, and operational details. Perfect for market research, lead generation, competitive analysis, and business intelligence. Download a complimentary sample to evaluate data quality and completeness.

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.

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.

This dataset provides a snapshot of Airbnb listings across major Italian cities and regions, offering valuable insights into the short-term rental market in Italy. Whether you're interested in pricing trends, regional variations, or the impact of seasonality, 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.
• Regional insights: Analyze trends across broader regions including Puglia, Sicily, and Trentino.
• Comprehensive metrics: Data includes pricing, review scores, host details, and more.
• Seasonal analysis: Data spans different periods, allowing for comparisons across seasons.

Data Dictionary:

• id: Unique identifier for each listing.
• number_of_reviews_ltm: Number of reviews received in the last twelve months.
• date_of_scraping: Date the data was scraped.
• host_since: Date the host joined Airbnb.
• host_is_superhost: Whether the host is a superhost (t/f).
• host_total_listings_count: Total number of listings the host has.
• neighbourhood: Neighborhood where the listing is located.
• latitude: Latitude coordinate of the listing.
• longitude: Longitude coordinate of the listing.
• room_type: Type of room (e.g., entire home/apt, private room).
• accommodates: Number of guests the listing can accommodate.
• price: Price per night (in local currency).
• number_of_reviews: Total number of reviews.
• review_scores_rating: Overall rating of the listing.
• review_scores_accuracy: Accuracy rating.
• review_scores_cleanliness: Cleanliness rating.
• review_scores_checkin: Check-in rating.
• review_scores_communication: Communication rating.
• review_scores_location: Location rating.
• review_scores_value: Value rating.
• reviews_per_month: Number of reviews per month.
• place: City or region where the listing is located.
• period: Time period when the data was scraped (e.g., Early Winter).

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

I also added datasets that group listings according to period and neighbourhood/cities, quantitative features were been aggregate according to median and MAD, qualitative according to mode and Shannon's entropy.

Disclaimer:

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

Naples is the Italian city with the highest population density. As of 2024, the largest south Italian city counts 7,800 inhabitants per square kilometer. Milan followed with 7,600 residents per square kilometer, whereas Rome, the largest Italian city, registered a population density of only 2,100 people, 5,700 inhabitants per square kilometer less than Naples.

Comprehensive dataset of 25 Governments in Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy as of June, 2025. Includes verified contact information (email, phone), geocoded addresses, customer ratings, reviews, business categories, and operational details. Perfect for market research, lead generation, competitive analysis, and business intelligence. Download a complimentary sample to evaluate data quality and completeness.

Between 2010 and 2020, in Italy's Capital city, Rome, 42 natural disasters occurred. In particular, the count refers to the number of floodings, whirlwinds, and long droughts recorded in the city. Moreover, the number of events in Bari, in South Italy, added up to 41, the second largest amount among the Italian metropolitan cities in the list.

In a survey conducted in Italy, a large group of respondents stated that the hydrogeological instability in Italy was linked to the effects of climate change.

Comprehensive dataset of 7 Mills in Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy as of July, 2025. Includes verified contact information (email, phone), geocoded addresses, customer ratings, reviews, business categories, and operational details. Perfect for market research, lead generation, competitive analysis, and business intelligence. Download a complimentary sample to evaluate data quality and completeness.