The current population of Italy is 58,538,738 people, as of 2026 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 58,952,704 in 2024.
Population facts:
- The UN estimates that Italy's population is going to decline by -11.9% to 51.5M people by 2050.
- Since 2006, population has increased from 58.4M people to 58.5M (0.24% growth in 20 years).
- Italy accounts for 0.71% of the world's population.
- Italy is ranked 26/197 by population and was ranked 23rd in 2006.
- For the last 20 years, Italy has had an average growth rate of 0.01% per year.
- Italy's population peaked in 2014 at 60.3M people and has been in decline since.
Italy population clock
Italy
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
58538738
|
8280917972
|
| Population rank | 26/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.71% | N/A |
| One net population change |
16.7 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
47.7 seconds
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -86 | +213,016 |
| Annual growth/decline | -31,512 | +77,751,015 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.05% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 171/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
5.52 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +95,246 | N/A |
Italy population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 50,199,700 | - |
| 1961 | 50,536,350 | 0.67% |
| 1962 | 50,879,450 | 0.68% |
| 1963 | 51,252,000 | 0.73% |
| 1964 | 51,675,350 | 0.83% |
| 1965 | 52,112,350 | 0.85% |
| 1966 | 52,519,000 | 0.78% |
| 1967 | 52,900,500 | 0.73% |
| 1968 | 53,235,750 | 0.63% |
| 1969 | 53,537,950 | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 53,821,850 | 0.53% |
| 1971 | 54,073,490 | 0.47% |
| 1972 | 54,381,345 | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 54,751,406 | 0.68% |
| 1974 | 55,110,868 | 0.66% |
| 1975 | 55,441,001 | 0.6% |
| 1976 | 55,718,260 | 0.5% |
| 1977 | 55,955,411 | 0.43% |
| 1978 | 56,155,143 | 0.36% |
| 1979 | 56,317,749 | 0.29% |
| 1980 | 56,433,883 | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 56,501,675 | 0.12% |
| 1982 | 56,543,548 | 0.07% |
| 1983 | 56,564,074 | 0.04% |
| 1984 | 56,576,718 | 0.02% |
| 1985 | 56,593,071 | 0.03% |
| 1986 | 56,596,155 | 0.005% |
| 1987 | 56,601,931 | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 56,629,288 | 0.05% |
| 1989 | 56,671,781 | 0.08% |
| 1990 | 56,719,240 | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 56,758,521 | 0.07% |
| 1992 | 56,797,087 | 0.07% |
| 1993 | 56,831,821 | 0.06% |
| 1994 | 56,843,400 | 0.02% |
| 1995 | 56,844,303 | 0.002% |
| 1996 | 56,860,281 | 0.03% |
| 1997 | 56,890,372 | 0.05% |
| 1998 | 56,906,744 | 0.03% |
| 1999 | 56,916,317 | 0.02% |
| 2000 | 56,942,108 | 0.05% |
| 2001 | 56,976,981 | 0.06% |
| 2002 | 57,089,824 | 0.2% |
| 2003 | 57,399,184 | 0.54% |
| 2004 | 57,828,179 | 0.75% |
| 2005 | 58,166,682 | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 58,399,861 | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 58,756,247 | 0.61% |
| 2008 | 59,211,181 | 0.77% |
| 2009 | 59,555,454 | 0.58% |
| 2010 | 59,819,407 | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 60,026,841 | 0.35% |
| 2012 | 60,191,247 | 0.27% |
| 2013 | 60,311,613 | 0.2% |
| 2014 | 60,320,707 | 0.02% |
| 2015 | 60,229,605 | -0.15% |
| 2016 | 60,115,223 | -0.19% |
| 2017 | 60,002,252 | -0.19% |
| 2018 | 60,148,658 | 0.24% |
| 2019 | 59,729,081 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 59,438,851 | -0.49% |
| 2021 | 59,133,173 | -0.51% |
| 2022 | 59,013,667 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 58,984,216 | -0.05% |
| 2024 | 58,952,704 | -0.05% |
| 2025 | 58,757,388 | -0.33% |
| 2026 | 58,538,738 | -0.37% |
| 2027 | 58,302,912 | -0.4% |
| 2028 | 58,061,557 | -0.41% |
| 2029 | 57,818,364 | -0.42% |
| 2030 | 57,565,087 | -0.44% |
| 2031 | 57,300,892 | -0.46% |
| 2032 | 57,038,998 | -0.46% |
| 2033 | 56,780,656 | -0.45% |
| 2034 | 56,516,874 | -0.46% |
| 2035 | 56,247,746 | -0.48% |
| 2036 | 55,978,207 | -0.48% |
| 2037 | 55,705,993 | -0.49% |
| 2038 | 55,429,408 | -0.5% |
| 2039 | 55,146,340 | -0.51% |
| 2040 | 54,858,102 | -0.52% |
| 2041 | 54,570,785 | -0.52% |
| 2042 | 54,276,735 | -0.54% |
| 2043 | 53,966,605 | -0.57% |
| 2044 | 53,649,281 | -0.59% |
| 2045 | 53,327,530 | -0.6% |
| 2046 | 52,995,336 | -0.62% |
| 2047 | 52,650,393 | -0.65% |
| 2048 | 52,294,685 | -0.68% |
| 2049 | 51,929,700 | -0.7% |
| 2050 | 51,549,925 | -0.73% |
Italy has a population of 58.5M as of 2026, compared to 60.1M in 2016, 58.4M in 2006, and 56.9M in 1996.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.26% per year. Italy is ranked 175th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2046) Italy will have 52,995,336 people (-9.47% decline) with a rank change from 26th to 36th.
By the year 2100, Italy's population is projected to decline by 40% to 35.1M people.
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Italy population statistics
|
Italy
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 84.2 years | 73.8 years |
| Average age | 46.5 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 48.8 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.9:51.1 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 516 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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