Immigration in Italy
Italy recorded 451,583 immigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2010.
Italy, 2024
451,583
Change from 2023
+2.7%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
3rd of 33
Immigration in Italy over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Italy | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 451,583 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 439,658 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 410,985 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 318,366 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 247,526 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 332,778 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 332,324 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 343,440 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 300,823 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 280,078 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 277,631 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 307,454 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 350,772 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 385,793 immigrants | – |
| 2010 | 458,856 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 442,940 immigrants | – |
| 2008 | 534,712 immigrants | – |
| 2007 | 527,123 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 279,714 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 304,960 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 414,880 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 440,301 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 213,202 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 208,252 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 226,968 immigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +2.7% from 439,658 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 277,631 immigrants, the figure has changed by +62.7%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Italy has the 3rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Italy
All statistics for Italy
Emigration
188,903 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
217,448 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
75,448 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
128,655 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
5.0p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
2.5 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division