National demographic balance

As of December 31, 2014 Italy had 60,795,612 inhabitants, of which more than 5 million have foreign citizenship (8.2%). During 2014 the number of residents […]

Demographic indicators

In 2014 live births were 509,000, five thousand less than in 2013, representing the lowest record since the unification of Italy. Deaths were 597,000 units, […]

New series of estimates on resident population

Istat releases “new series of estimates on the resident population at NUTS-2 level for the 1/1/2002-1/1/2014 period”, to be used as a reference for the […]

Post enumeration survey of the Population census

The PES (Post Enumeration Survey or survey coverage) is regulated by the European Commission (Commission Regulation no. 1151/2010) that obliges Member States to provide, by […]

International and internal migration

During 2013, 307,000 people immigrated to Italy, compared to 351,000 people who immigrated during the previous year. The decline in immigration was mainly due to […]

Birth and fertility

In 2013, 514,308 births were registered in the Resident Population Register. There were 20,000 fewer births than in 2012. The figures confirm the downward trend […]

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 […]

Non-EU citizens holding a residence permit

The non-EU foreigners holding a residence permit in Italy on 1st January 2014 are 3.874.726. From 2013 to 2014 there was an increase of approximately […]

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 […]