This statistic shows the size of the urban and rural populations of Italy between 1960 and 2019. Between 2000 and 2010, the rural population of Italy increased slightly. Since 2010 however, the rural population of Italy has declined by approximately 900,000.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the area of modern-day Italy, at the time a collection of various states and kingdoms, was estimated to have a population of nineteen million, a figure which would grow steadily throughout the century, and by the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, the population would rise to just over 26 million.

Italy’s population would see its first major disruption during the First World War, as Italy would join the Allied Forces in their fight against Austria-Hungary and Germany. In the First World War, Italy’s population would largely stagnate at 36 million, only climbing again following the end of the war in 1920. While Italy would also play a prominent role in the Second World War, as the National Fascist Party-led country would fight alongside Germany against the Allies, Italian fatalities from the war would not represent a significant percentage of Italy’s population compared to other European countries in the conflict. As a result, Italy would exit the Second World War with a population of just over 45 million.

From this point onwards the Italian economy started to recover from the war, and eventually boomed, leading to increased employment and standards of living, which facilitated steady population growth until the mid-1980s, when falling fertility and birth rates would cause growth to largely cease. From this point onward, the Italian population would remain at just over 57 million, until the 2000s when it began growing again due to an influx of migrants, peaking in 2017 at just over 60 million people. In the late 2010s, however, the Italian population began declining again, as immigration slowed and the economy weakened. As a result, in 2020, Italy is estimated to have fallen to a population of 59 million.

Italy urban population for 2023 was 42,292,160, a 0.14% increase from 2022.

• Italy urban population for 2022 was 42,234,940, a 0.11% increase from 2021.
• Italy urban population for 2021 was 42,189,154, a 0.08% decline from 2020.
• Italy urban population for 2020 was 42,224,765, a 0.06% decline from 2019.

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Italy IT: Urban Population: % of Total Population data was reported at 70.144 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 69.855 % for 2016. Italy IT: Urban Population: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 66.816 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 70.144 % in 2017 and a record low of 59.361 % in 1960. Italy IT: Urban Population: % of Total 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.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.; ; United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.; Weighted average;

Italy rural population for 2023 was 16,468,986, a 1.42% decline from 2022.

• Italy rural population for 2022 was 16,705,485, a 1.41% decline from 2021.
• Italy rural population for 2021 was 16,944,019, a 1.57% decline from 2020.
• Italy rural population for 2020 was 17,214,086, a 1.52% decline from 2019.

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

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The statistic depicts the median age in Italy from 1950 to 2100. The median age of a population is an index that divides the population into two equal groups: half of the population is older than the median age and the other half younger. In 2020, the median age of Italy's population was 46.4 years.

Italy IT: Population: Male: Ages 30-34: % of Male Population data was reported at 5.638 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.735 % for 2016. Italy IT: Population: Male: Ages 30-34: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 7.232 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.374 % in 1997 and a record low of 5.638 % in 2017. Italy IT: Population: Male: Ages 30-34: % of Male 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. Male population between the ages 30 to 34 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

Italy IT: Rural Population: % of Total Population data was reported at 29.856 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 30.145 % for 2016. Italy IT: Rural Population: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 33.184 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 40.639 % in 1960 and a record low of 29.856 % in 2017. Italy IT: Rural Population: % of Total 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.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.; Weighted average;

Graph and download economic data for Population Ages 0 to 14 for Italy (SPPOP0014TOZSITA) from 1960 to 2023 about 0 to 14 years, Italy, and population.

Italy - Population was 58971230.00 in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Italy - Population - last updated from the EUROSTAT on March of 2025. Historically, Italy - Population reached a record high of 60345917.00 in December of 2014 and a record low of 50025500.00 in December of 1960.

Italy: Catholic Christians as percent of the total population: The latest value from 2013 is 84 percent, a decline from 84.7 percent in 2012. In comparison, the world average is 43.2 percent, based on data from 84 countries. Historically, the average for Italy from 1960 to 2013 is 94.5 percent. The minimum value, 84 percent, was reached in 2013 while the maximum of 99.1 percent was recorded in 1960.

Italy immigration statistics for 2015 was 5,788,875.00, a 0.02% increase from 2010.

• Italy immigration statistics for 2010 was 5,787,893.00, a 46.35% increase from 2005.
• Italy immigration statistics for 2005 was 3,954,790.00, a 86.4% increase from 2000.
• Italy immigration statistics for 2000 was 2,121,688.00, a 19.53% increase from 1995.

International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained mainly from population censuses. The estimates are derived from the data on foreign-born population--people who have residence in one country but were born in another country. When data on the foreign-born population are not available, data on foreign population--that is, people who are citizens of a country other than the country in which they reside--are used as estimates. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 people living in one of the newly independent countries who were born in another were classified as international migrants. Estimates of migrant stock in the newly independent states from 1990 on are based on the 1989 census of the Soviet Union. For countries with information on the international migrant stock for at least two points in time, interpolation or extrapolation was used to estimate the international migrant stock on July 1 of the reference years. For countries with only one observation, estimates for the reference years were derived using rates of change in the migrant stock in the years preceding or following the single observation available. A model was used to estimate migrants for countries that had no data.

While employment in Italy was equally distributed among the three main sectors, agriculture, industry, and service in 1960, recent figures show a different scenario. In 2019, 73.5 percent of people working in Italy were employed in the service sector. The share of employees in the agricultural and industrial sector decreased over the years. In 1960, some 33 percent of employed individuals in Italy were working with agriculture. In 2019, approximately four percent of the working population belonged to this sector.

Italy IT: Population: Total: Aged 15-64 data was reported at 38,426,674.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 38,609,106.000 Person for 2016. Italy IT: Population: Total: Aged 15-64 data is updated yearly, averaging 38,377,072.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 39,035,661.000 Person in 2014 and a record low of 32,846,230.000 Person in 1960. Italy IT: Population: Total: Aged 15-64 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. Total population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum;

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Total populasi di Italia diperkirakan sebanyak 59,0 juta orang pada tahun 2024, menurut data sensus terbaru dan proyeksi dari Trading Economics. Nilai saat ini, data historis, perkiraan, statistik, grafik dan kalender ekonomi - Italia - Populasi.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Rome, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.

Italy IT: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data was reported at 36.276 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 35.660 % for 2016. Italy IT: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data is updated yearly, averaging 20.867 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 36.276 % in 2017 and a record low of 14.511 % in 1960. Italy IT: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old 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.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

This study contains selected demographic, social, economic, public policy, and political comparative data for Switzerland, Canada, France, and Mexico for the decades of 1900-1960. Each dataset presents comparable data at the province or district level for each decade in the period. Various derived measures, such as percentages, ratios, and indices, constitute the bulk of these datasets. Data for Switzerland contain information for all cantons for each decennial year from 1900 to 1960. Variables describe population characteristics, such as the age of men and women, county and commune of origin, ratio of foreigners to Swiss, percentage of the population from other countries such as Germany, Austria and Lichtenstein, Italy, and France, the percentage of the population that were Protestants, Catholics, and Jews, births, deaths, infant mortality rates, persons per household, population density, the percentage of urban and agricultural population, marital status, marriages, divorces, professions, factory workers, and primary, secondary, and university students. Economic variables provide information on the number of corporations, factory workers, economic status, cultivated land, taxation and tax revenues, canton revenues and expenditures, federal subsidies, bankruptcies, bank account deposits, and taxable assets. Additional variables provide political information, such as national referenda returns, party votes cast in National Council elections, and seats in the cantonal legislature held by political groups such as the Peasants, Socialists, Democrats, Catholics, Radicals, and others. Data for Canada provide information for all provinces for the decades 1900-1960 on population characteristics, such as national origin, the net internal migration per 1,000 of native population, population density per square mile, the percentage of owner-occupied dwellings, the percentage of urban population, the percentage of change in population from preceding censuses, the percentage of illiterate population aged 5 years and older, and the median years of schooling. Economic variables provide information on per capita personal income, total provincial revenue and expenditure per capita, the percentage of the labor force employed in manufacturing and in agriculture, the average number of employees per manufacturing establishment, assessed value of real property per capita, the average number of acres per farm, highway and rural road mileage, transportation and communication, the number of telephones per 100 population, and the number of motor vehicles registered per 1,000 population. Additional variables on elections and votes are supplied as well. Data for France provide information for all departements for all legislative elections since 1936, the two presidential elections of 1965 and 1969, and several referenda held in the period since 1958. Social and economic data are provided for the years 1946, 1954, and 1962, while various policy data are presented for the period 1959-1962. Variables provide information on population characteristics, such as the percentages of population by age group, foreign-born, bachelors aged 20 to 59, divorced men aged 25 and older, elementary school students in private schools, elementary school students per million population from 1966 to 1967, the number of persons in household in 1962, infant mortality rates per million births, and the number of priests per 10,000 population in 1946. Economic variables focus on the Gross National Product (GNP), the revenue per capita per household, personal income per capita, income tax, the percentage of active population in industry, construction and public works, transportation, hotels, public administration, and other jobs, the percentage of skilled and unskilled industrial workers, the number of doctors per 10,000 population, the number of agricultural cooperatives in 1946, the average hectares per farm, the percentage of farms cultivated by the owner, tenants, and sharecroppers, the number of workhorses, cows, and oxen per 100 hectares of farmland in 1946, and the percentages of automobiles per 1,000 population, radios per 100 homes, and cinema seats per 1,000 population. Data are also provided on the percentage of Communists (PCF), Socialists, Radical Socialists, Conservatives, Gaullists, Moderates, Poujadists, Independents, Turnouts, and other political groups and p