Italy: cities by population
Italy has a population of 58,926,166 (UN estimate, 2026), with Rome as its capital. The 50 largest of its 11,686 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
+3%
since 2000 (57,272,196)
-12%
projected by 2050 (51,891,099)
199
people per km²
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.
Largest cities in Italy
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rome | Lazio | 2,318,895 |
| 2 | Milan | Lombardy | 1,371,498 |
| 3 | Naples | Campania | 909,048 |
| 4 | Turin | Piedmont | 847,287 |
| 5 | Palermo | Sicily | 648,260 |
| 6 | Genoa | Liguria | 580,097 |
| 7 | Bologna | Emilia-Romagna | 394,843 |
| 8 | Florence | Tuscany | 367,150 |
| 9 | Bari | Apulia | 316,491 |
| 10 | Catania | Sicily | 311,584 |
| 11 | Verona | Veneto | 258,031 |
| 12 | Messina | Sicily | 219,948 |
| 13 | Trieste | Friuli Venezia Giulia | 204,338 |
| 14 | Padua | Veneto | 203,725 |
| 15 | Brescia | Lombardy | 200,423 |
| 16 | Taranto | Apulia | 198,585 |
| 17 | Parma | Emilia-Romagna | 198,292 |
| 18 | Prato | Tuscany | 195,089 |
| 19 | Modena | Emilia-Romagna | 184,732 |
| 20 | Reggio Calabria | Calabria | 182,455 |
| 21 | Reggio nell'Emilia | Emilia-Romagna | 171,944 |
| 22 | Livorno | Tuscany | 157,017 |
| 23 | Cagliari | Sardinia | 149,257 |
| 24 | Rimini | Emilia-Romagna | 148,688 |
| 25 | Mestre | Veneto | 147,662 |
| 26 | Foggia | Apulia | 137,032 |
| 27 | Ferrara | Emilia-Romagna | 132,009 |
| 28 | Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica | Lazio | 129,362 |
| 29 | Salerno | Campania | 125,797 |
| 30 | Monza | Lombardy | 124,398 |
| 31 | Siracusa | Sicily | 121,605 |
| 32 | Bergamo | Lombardy | 121,200 |
| 33 | Trento | Trentino-Alto Adige | 120,709 |
| 34 | Perugia | Umbria | 120,137 |
| 35 | Pescara | Abruzzo | 119,554 |
| 36 | Forlì | Emilia-Romagna | 116,696 |
| 37 | Vicenza | Veneto | 111,980 |
| 38 | Terni | Umbria | 111,189 |
| 39 | Pisa | Tuscany | 109,960 |
| 40 | Bolzano | Trentino-Alto Adige | 107,436 |
| 41 | Piacenza | Emilia-Romagna | 103,607 |
| 42 | Novara | Piedmont | 101,916 |
| 43 | Arezzo | Tuscany | 100,734 |
| 44 | Udine | Friuli Venezia Giulia | 100,170 |
| 45 | Andria | Apulia | 99,784 |
| 46 | Cesena | Emilia-Romagna | 97,137 |
| 47 | La Spezia | Liguria | 93,288 |
| 48 | Barletta | Apulia | 93,279 |
| 49 | Alessandria | Piedmont | 92,104 |
| 50 | Sassari | Sardinia | 91,895 |
Twenty years earlier: Italy in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 58,608,565.
Common questions
What is the population of Italy?
Italy has a population of 58,926,166, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 51,891,099 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Italy?
Rome.