Resident population in Italy 2023, by region
metropolitan areas in the country.
In 2023, Italy’s resident population was estimated to be around 58.85 million inhabitants. About one-sixth of them lived in Lombardy, the most populous region in the country. Lazio and Campania followed in this ranking, with roughly 5.7 million and 5.6 million inhabitants, respectively. These figures were mainly driven by Rome and Naples, administrative capitals of these regions, and two of the largest