The following is a list of Italian municipalities (comuni) with a population over 50,000. The table below contains the cities populations as of 31 December 2021, as estimated by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, and the cities census population from the 2011 Italian Census. Cities in bold are regional capitals.
Cities
Rank | City | 2011 census | 2021 estimate | Change | Region |
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1 | Rome | 2,617,175 | 2,761,632 | +5.52% | Lazio |
2 | Milan | 1,242,123 | 1,371,498 | +10.42% | Lombardy |
3 | Naples | 962,003 | 914,758 | −4.91% | Campania |
4 | Turin | 872,367 | 848,885 | −2.69% | Piedmont |
5 | Palermo | 657,651 | 630,828 | −4.08% | Sicily |
6 | Genoa | 586,180 | 560,688 | −4.35% | Liguria |
7 | Bologna | 371,337 | 392,203 | +5.62% | Emilia-Romagna |
8 | Florence | 358,079 | 367,150 | +2.53% | Tuscany |
9 | Bari | 315,933 | 316,140 | +0.07% | Apulia |
10 | Catania | 293,902 | 298,324 | +1.50% | Sicily |
11 | Verona | 252,520 | 257,274 | +1.88% | Veneto |
12 | Venice | 261,362 | 254,661 | −2.56% | Veneto |
13 | Messina | 243,262 | 220,094 | −9.52% | Sicily |
14 | Padua | 206,192 | 208,732 | +1.23% | Veneto |
15 | Prato | 185,456 | 200,762 | +8.25% | Tuscany |
16 | Trieste | 202,123 | 200,594 | −0.76% | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
17 | Brescia | 189,902 | 196,850 | +3.66% | Lombardy |
18 | Parma | 175,895 | 196,655 | +11.80% | Emilia-Romagna |
19 | Taranto | 200,154 | 189,171 | −5.49% | Apulia |
20 | Modena | 179,149 | 185,644 | +3.63% | Emilia-Romagna |
21 | Reggio Calabria | 180,817 | 171,800 | −4.99% | Calabria |
22 | Reggio Emilia | 162,082 | 169,029 | +4.29% | Emilia-Romagna |
23 | Perugia | 162,449 | 163,598 | +0.71% | Umbria |
24 | Ravenna | 153,740 | 156,080 | +1.52% | Emilia-Romagna |
25 | Livorno | 157,052 | 154,177 | −1.83% | Tuscany |
26 | Rimini | 139,601 | 150,051 | +7.49% | Emilia-Romagna |
27 | Cagliari | 149,883 | 148,881 | −0.67% | Sardinia |
28 | Foggia | 147,036 | 146,379 | −0.45% | Apulia |
29 | Ferrara | 132,545 | 131,091 | −1.10% | Emilia-Romagna |
30 | Salerno | 132,608 | 128,105 | −3.40% | Campania |
31 | Latina | 117,892 | 127,221 | +7.91% | Lazio |
32 | Giugliano in Campania | 108,793 | 122,935 | +13.00% | Campania |
33 | Monza | 119,856 | 122,099 | +1.87% | Lombardy |
34 | Sassari | 123,782 | 121,657 | −1.72% | Sardinia |
35 | Bergamo | 115,349 | 120,207 | +4.21% | Lombardy |
36 | Pescara | 117,166 | 119,406 | +1.91% | Abruzzo |
37 | Trento | 114,198 | 118,509 | +3.78% | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
38 | Forlì | 116,434 | 116,861 | +0.37% | Emilia-Romagna |
39 | Syracuse | 118,385 | 116,447 | −1.64% | Sicily |
40 | Vicenza | 111,500 | 110,675 | −0.74% | Veneto |
41 | Terni | 109,193 | 107,314 | −1.72% | Umbria |
42 | Bolzano-Bozen | 102,575 | 107,025 | +4.34% | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
43 | Piacenza | 100,311 | 102,902 | +2.58% | Emilia-Romagna |
44 | Novara | 101,952 | 101,727 | −0.22% | Piedmont |
45 | Ancona | 100,497 | 98,664 | −1.82% | Marche |
46 | Udine | 98,287 | 97,761 | −0.54% | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
47 | Andria | 100,052 | 97,173 | −2.88% | Apulia |
48 | Arezzo | 98,144 | 96,672 | −1.50% | Tuscany |
49 | Cesena | 95,990 | 96,307 | +0.33% | Emilia-Romagna |
50 | Pesaro | 94,237 | 95,753 | +1.61% | Marche |
51 | Lecce | 89,916 | 95,253 | +5.94% | Apulia |
52 | Barletta | 94,239 | 92,466 | −1.88% | Apulia |
53 | La Spezia | 92,659 | 92,216 | −0.48% | Liguria |
54 | Alessandria | 89,411 | 90,987 | +1.76% | Piedmont |
55 | Pisa | 85,858 | 89,828 | +4.62% | Tuscany |
56 | Pistoia | 89,101 | 89,501 | +0.45% | Tuscany |
57 | Lucca | 87,200 | 89,219 | +2.32% | Tuscany |
58 | Guidonia Montecelio | 81,447 | 88,237 | +8.34% | Lazio |
59 | Catanzaro | 89,364 | 85,544 | −4.27% | Calabria |
60 | Treviso | 81,014 | 84,793 | +4.66% | Veneto |
61 | Como | 82,045 | 83,626 | +1.93% | Lombardy |
62 | Brindisi | 88,818 | 83,169 | −6.36% | Apulia |
63 | Busto Arsizio | 79,692 | 82,981 | +4.13% | Lombardy |
64 | Grosseto | 78,630 | 81,440 | +3.57% | Tuscany |
66 | Torre del Greco | 85,922 | 80,825 | −5.93% | Campania |
65 | Fiumicino | 67,626 | 80,625 | +19.22% | Lazio |
67 | Marsala | 80,218 | 80,071 | −0.18% | Sicily |
68 | Sesto San Giovanni | 76,514 | 79,732 | +4.21% | Lombardy |
69 | Varese | 79,793 | 78,875 | −1.15% | Lombardy |
70 | Pozzuoli | 80,357 | 76,290 | −5.06% | Campania |
71 | Cinisello Balsamo | 71,128 | 74,534 | +4.79% | Lombardy |
72 | Corigliano-Rossano | 74,848 | 73,920 | −1.24% | Calabria |
73 | Aprilia | 66,979 | 73,887 | +10.31% | Lazio |
74 | Asti | 73,899 | 73,539 | −0.49% | Piedmont |
75 | Casoria | 78,647 | 73,492 | −6.55% | Campania |
76 | Caserta | 75,640 | 73,068 | −3.40% | Campania |
77 | Ragusa | 69,794 | 72,690 | +4.15% | Sicily |
78 | Carpi | 67,268 | 72,025 | +7.07% | Emilia-Romagna |
79 | Gela | 75,668 | 71,708 | −5.23% | Sicily |
80 | Pavia | 68,280 | 71,159 | +4.22% | Lombardy |
81 | Cremona | 69,589 | 70,943 | +1.95% | Lombardy |
82 | Altamura | 69,529 | 69,668 | +0.20% | Apulia |
83 | Imola | 67,892 | 69,592 | +2.50% | Emilia-Romagna |
84 | L’Aquila | 66,964 | 69,508 | +3.80% | Abruzzo |
85 | Quartu Sant'Elena | 69,296 | 68,430 | −1.25% | Sardinia |
86 | Lamezia Terme | 70,336 | 67,110 | −4.59% | Calabria |
87 | Massa | 68,856 | 66,423 | −3.53% | Tuscany |
88 | Viterbo | 63,209 | 65,987 | +4.39% | Lazio |
89 | Potenza | 66,777 | 64,786 | −2.98% | Basilicata |
90 | Trapani | 69,241 | 64,486 | −6.87% | Sicily |
91 | Cosenza | 69,484 | 63,713 | −8.31% | Calabria |
92 | Pomezia | 56,372 | 63,641 | +12.89% | Lazio |
93 | Castellammare di Stabia | 65,944 | 63,161 | −4.22% | Campania |
94 | Vigevano | 60,109 | 62,384 | +3.78% | Lombardy |
95 | Vittoria | 61,006 | 62,322 | +2.16% | Sicily |
96 | Afragola | 63,820 | 61,881 | −3.04% | Campania |
97 | Viareggio | 61,857 | 60,936 | −1.49% | Tuscany |
98 | Carrara | 64,689 | 60,434 | −6.58% | Tuscany |
99 | Olbia | 53,307 | 60,385 | +13.28% | Sardinia |
100 | Matera | 59,796 | 59,869 | +0.12% | Basilicata |
101 | Fano | 62,901 | 59,835 | −4.87% | Marche |
102 | Legnano | 57,647 | 59,816 | +3.76% | Lombardy |
103 | Caltanissetta | 61,711 | 59,063 | −4.29% | Sicily |
104 | Faenza | 57,748 | 59,055 | +2.26% | Emilia-Romagna |
105 | Savona | 60,661 | 58,563 | −3.46% | Liguria |
106 | Crotone | 58,881 | 58,478 | −0.68% | Calabria |
107 | Anzio | 49,731 | 58,247 | +17.12% | Lazio |
108 | Acerra | 56,465 | 58,152 | +2.99% | Campania |
109 | Marano di Napoli | 59,204 | 57,514 | −2.85% | Campania |
110 | Molfetta | 60,433 | 57,510 | −4.84% | Apulia |
111 | Cerignola | 56,653 | 57,039 | +0.68% | Apulia |
112 | Benevento | 61,489 | 56,939 | −7.40% | Campania |
113 | Moncalieri | 55,875 | 56,095 | +0.39% | Piedmont |
114 | Cuneo | 55,013 | 55,813 | +1.45% | Piedmont |
115 | Agrigento | 58,323 | 55,636 | −4.61% | Sicily |
116 | Foligno | 56,045 | 55,520 | −0.94% | Umbria |
117 | Tivoli | 52,910 | 54,900 | +3.76% | Lazio |
118 | Trani | 55,842 | 54,838 | −1.80% | Apulia |
119 | Manfredonia | 56,257 | 54,312 | −3.46% | Apulia |
120 | Siena | 52,839 | 53,724 | +1.67% | Tuscany |
121 | Bisceglie | 54,678 | 53,581 | −2.01% | Apulia |
122 | Modica | 53,959 | 53,374 | −1.08% | Sicily |
123 | Bitonto | 56,258 | 53,226 | −5.39% | Apulia |
124 | Montesilvano | 50,413 | 53,174 | +5.48% | Abruzzo |
125 | Sanremo | 54,137 | 53,154 | −1.82% | Liguria |
126 | Gallarate | 50,456 | 52,826 | +4.70% | Lombardy |
127 | Bagheria | 54,257 | 52,705 | −2.86% | Sicily |
128 | Avellino | 54,222 | 52,568 | −3.05% | Campania |
129 | Portici | 55,765 | 52,224 | −6.35% | Campania |
130 | Velletri | 52,295 | 52,151 | −0.28% | Lazio |
131 | Teramo | 54,294 | 51,891 | −4.43% | Abruzzo |
132 | Civitavecchia | 51,229 | 51,824 | +1.16% | Lazio |
133 | Pordenone | 50,583 | 51,818 | +2.44% | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
134 | Cava de' Tirreni | 53,885 | 50,797 | −5.73% | Campania |
135 | Rho | 50,052 | 50,604 | +1.10% | Lombardy |
136 | Acireale | 51,456 | 50,417 | −2.02% | Sicily |
137 | Rovigo | 50,164 | 50,379 | +0.43% | Veneto |
138 | Aversa | 52,830 | 50,221 | −4.94% | Campania |
139 | Mazara del Vallo | 49,995 | 50,129 | +0.27% | Sicily |
140 | Ercolano | 53,677 | 50,093 | −6.68% | Campania |
Gallery
The 20 most populous cities of Italy- 1. Rome, Lazio
- 2. Milan, Lombardy
- 3. Naples, Campania
- 4. Turin, Piedmont
- 5. Palermo, Sicily
- 6. Genoa, Liguria
- 7. Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
- 8. Florence, Tuscany
- 9. Bari, Apulia
- 10. Catania, Sicily
- 11. Verona, Veneto
- 12. Venice, Veneto
- 13. Messina, Sicily
- 14. Padua, Veneto
- 15. Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- 16. Brescia, Lombardy
- 17. Taranto, Apulia
- 18. Parma, Emilia-Romagna
- 19. Prato, Tuscany
- 20. Modena, Emilia-Romagna
Map of the cities
RomeMilanNaplesTurinPalermoGenoaBolognaFlorenceBariCataniaVeniceVeronaMessinaPaduaTriesteBresciaTarantoParmaPratoModenaclass=notpageimage| Location of the 20 most populous cities of ItalySee also
References
- "Bilancio demografico mensile".
- "Istat.it english". www.istat.it. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT". tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
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