Linguistic diversity among foreign citizens

Romanian is the most common mother tongue among foreign residents in Italy: almost 800 thousand people speak Romanian from early childhood (21.9% of the foreign […]

Demographic indicators

Live births were 514 thousands in 2013, decreasing consecutively for five years. The total fertility rate (TFR) is estimated to be 1.39, dropping from 1.42 […]

National demographic balance

On December 31, 2013 in Italy resided 60,782,668 inhabitants, of which more than 4,900,000 have foreign citizenship (8.1%). The calculation of the resident population has […]

Life tables

Istat updates, at http://demo.istat.it in “Elaborations” section and at I.Stat under the section “Population and Householdsmortality”, the Life tables of the resident population for the […]

International and internal migration

In 2012, 351,000 people immigrated to Italy, compared to 386,000 people who immigrated during the previous year. The decline in immigration is mainly due to […]

Resident population structure

Istat releases on line at the address http://demo.istat.it, under the sections “Resident population” and “Resident foreigners”, and at the address http://dati.istat.it under the sections “Population […]

Birth and fertility

According to data on the demographic balance for the resident population, 534,186 births were registered in 2012, over 12,000 fewer than in 2011. The figure […]

Monthly demographic balance

Istat makes available online – at http://demo.istat.it – data on population change and resident population by sex in Italian municipalities, for January-April 2013.

The foreign population residing in Italy

Foreigners residing in Italy on January 1, 2013 are 4,387,721, 334,000 more than in the previous year (+8.2%). The calculation of the foreign resident population […]

National demographic balance

The National Institute of Statistics disseminates data on the size of the resident population as well as on births, deaths and migratory movement. The data […]