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.

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.

Historical dataset showing total population for Italy by year from 1950 to 2025.

This statistic shows the total population of men and women in Italy from 1871 until 2015. From the graph we can see that the total number of women was actually lower than the total number of men in the late 1800s, and it was only at the turn of the twentieth century that a margin appeared and the number of men grew at a lower rate than the number of women. At the turn of the twentieth century there were 16.2 million men, and 16.3 million women. From this point onwards the difference begins to grow. The margin narrows again in the interwar years, where the number of women exceeds the number of men by less than 800,000, however this gap grows to over 1.2 million in 1950. Although Italy was heavily involved in the Second World War and subsequent civil war, where many populations (particularly the male populations) experienced a large decline, we cannot see the effects of the war on Italy's population from this graph. From 1950 onwards the margin stays between 1.2 and 1.8 million throughout the rest of Italy's history, and both populations grow very similarly, until 2020 where the population of men is just under 29.5 million and the population of women is just over 31 million, with the number of women dropping in the last five years whereas the number of men has increased.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Florence, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Milan, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Population for Italy (POPTTLITA173NUPN) from 1950 to 2010 about Italy and population.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Rome, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Parma, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Salerno, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Latina, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Palermo, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Como, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Nola, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Genoa, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Modena, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Bologna, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Venezia, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Turin, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Bari, Italy metro area from 1950 to 2025.