Population Census 2011 (1% sample)

Starting from 2011 Population census data two public use files have been produced. The first file refers to persons usually resident in private households and […]

Residence permits for political asylum

In 2015, according to data from Eurostat, the number of persons who applied for political asylum in a European country has more than doubled compared […]

International and internal migration

During 2015, the number of people immigrated to Italy was about 280,000, substantially unchanged compared to 2014. The immigrants with a foreign citizenships were the […]

Birth and fertility

In 2015, 485,780 births were registered in the Resident Population Register, that is almost 17,000 fewer births than in 2014. The figures confirm the downward […]

Non-EU citizens in Italy

The non-EU foreigners holding a residence permit in Italy on 1st January 2016 were 3,931,133. The most relevant citizenships were: Morocco (510,450), Albania (482,959), China […]

National demographic balance

As of December 31, 2015 Italy had 60,665,551 inhabitants, more than 5 million of which have foreign citizenship: 8.3% at national level, 10.6% in Central-northern […]

Educational integration of foreign children

The survey on “Integration of the second generation” (ISG) was carried out by Istat in 2015 co-financed by the Ministry of Interior and the European […]

Demographic indicators

In 2015 the resident population decreased by 2.3 per thousand inhabitants. The reduction corresponds to 139,000 units less, resulting in a total population of 60 […]

Birth and fertility

In 2014, 502,596 births were registered in the Resident Population Register. There were 12,000 fewer births than in 2013. The figures confirm the downward trend […]

International and internal migration

During 2014, 278,000 people immigrated to Italy, compared to the 307,000 people who immigrated during the previous year (-9.7%). 89.5% of all immigrants were foreign […]