Demographics of Italy

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date06 Apr 2024

There are 28.66 million males and 30.04 million females in Italy. The percentage of the male population is 48.82%, compared to 51.18% of the female population. Italy has 1.38 million more females than males, which is 11th highest in the world. The sex ratio in Italy in 2024 will be 95.393 males per 100 females. Italy is in the 55th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Italy population

Year Population Growth (%)
195046,391,9380.94
195548,130,7280.61
196049,517,7070.56
196551,452,8540.83
197053,324,0360.57
197555,093,9890.56
198056,329,4820.61
198556,636,4650.02
199056,756,5610.08
199556,885,126-0.00
200056,966,3970.06
200558,199,8760.42
201059,822,4500.42
201560,232,906-0.21
202059,500,579-0.47
202159,240,329-0.41
202259,037,474-0.28
202358,870,762-0.29
202458,697,744-0.30
  • Total
  • Crude

Italy death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950452,229914,1629.74619.700
1955446,204869,4409.25818.040
1960480,963901,8969.69818.186
1965516,986980,72810.04619.058
1970520,728895,4699.76116.786
1975553,806818,20810.06014.862
1980554,407635,1479.86711.304
1985546,810576,1939.65410.173
1990542,928567,9659.56810.009
1995555,676525,3959.7729.239
2000559,012541,1769.8179.504
2005563,488555,9279.7039.573
2010580,159563,1479.7209.435
2015642,236478,54310.6677.948
2020716,753410,09312.0496.894
2021680,373410,48711.4886.931
2022629,652407,30310.6716.903
2023634,310406,24310.7806.904
2024638,725403,76510.8876.882
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Italy

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195025,211,63221,386,96954.104
195527,502,30320,870,53956.855
196029,527,60620,214,59059.361
196531,990,34119,738,32361.843
197034,436,28819,142,39564.272
197536,320,91819,009,77665.643
198037,597,84118,821,43766.640
198538,099,26018,913,09266.826
199038,118,72919,008,39166.726
199538,316,51318,938,68066.922
200038,513,99018,779,73167.222
200539,835,81318,972,67067.738
201040,811,31018,918,49768.327
201541,393,81818,110,39469.565
202042,006,70117,125,37271.039
202142,121,15916,916,73471.346
202242,233,01416,704,45971.657
202342,343,68816,489,34871.973
202442,455,13416,272,37672.292
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Italy population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,052,975 995,465 2,048,440 3.49 105.777
05-09 1,188,212 1,124,478 2,312,690 3.94 105.668
10-14 1,370,465 1,293,097 2,663,562 4.54 105.983
15-19 1,469,649 1,384,880 2,854,530 4.86 106.121
20-24 1,507,167 1,403,989 2,911,156 4.96 107.349
25-29 1,565,772 1,430,717 2,996,489 5.10 109.440
30-34 1,626,678 1,551,810 3,178,488 5.42 104.825
35-39 1,673,409 1,642,789 3,316,198 5.65 101.864
40-44 1,812,724 1,803,679 3,616,403 6.16 100.501
45-49 2,125,144 2,140,749 4,265,894 7.27 99.271
50-54 2,342,188 2,390,301 4,732,489 8.06 97.987
55-59 2,368,576 2,455,250 4,823,826 8.22 96.470
60-64 2,111,738 2,251,798 4,363,537 7.43 93.780
65-69 1,768,983 1,948,860 3,717,842 6.33 90.770
70-74 1,527,585 1,741,540 3,269,125 5.57 87.715
75-79 1,339,355 1,614,548 2,953,903 5.03 82.955
80-84 940,782 1,278,691 2,219,473 3.78 73.574
85-89 589,993 950,191 1,540,184 2.62 62.092
90-94 225,404 478,634 704,038 1.20 47.093
95-99 45,855 140,410 186,266 0.32 32.658
100+ 4,244 18,970 23,213 0.04 22.372
Total 28,656,898 30,040,846 58,697,746 95.393