Population in Italy

The population of Italy was 58,915,656 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2007.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Italy, 2025 58,915,656 People
Change from 2024 −0.1% 2024: 58,952,704 people
European Union, 2025 451,127,411 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 25th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Italy over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period ItalyEuropean Union
2025 58,915,656 people 451,127,411 people
2024 58,952,704 people 450,228,188 people
2023 58,984,216 people 448,897,545 people
2022 59,013,667 people 447,203,596 people
2021 59,133,173 people 446,228,281 people
2020 59,438,851 people 446,870,959 people
2019 59,729,081 people 446,910,453 people
2018 59,877,221 people 446,058,453 people
2017 60,002,252 people 445,321,060 people
2016 60,115,223 people 444,676,652 people
2015 60,229,605 people 443,793,218 people
2014 60,320,707 people 442,920,819 people
2013 60,311,613 people 442,425,741 people
2012 60,191,247 people 442,069,839 people
2011 60,026,841 people 441,414,078 people
2010 59,819,407 people 442,088,310 people
2009 59,555,454 people 441,388,573 people
2008 59,211,181 people 440,270,719 people
2007 58,756,247 people 438,796,003 people
2006 58,399,861 people 437,263,803 people
2005 58,166,682 people 435,789,139 people
2004 57,828,179 people 434,193,248 people
2003 57,399,184 people 432,512,916 people
2002 57,089,824 people 430,924,112 people
2001 56,976,981 people 429,909,307 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1% from 58,952,704 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 60,229,605 people, the figure has changed by −2.2%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Italy has the 25th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 451,127,411 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Italy
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects