Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Italy

Population in cities over 1 million in Italy in 2025 — 11,506,575 people. Ranked 31 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 44.6%.

2025 11.51M people +0.25% vs 2024
World rank 31of 121
Period maximum 11.51M people2025
Period minimum 7.96M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Italy, 1960–20257M8M9M10M11M12M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7,956,906 people1962: 8,348,018 people1964: 8,713,162 people1966: 9,094,597 people1968: 9,494,169 people1970: 9,911,616 people1972: 10,228,303 people1974: 10,320,876 people1976: 10,414,650 people1978: 10,509,381 people1980: 10,605,345 people1982: 10,674,924 people1984: 10,693,271 people1986: 10,713,374 people1988: 10,735,313 people1990: 10,759,045 people1992: 10,763,027 people1994: 10,726,710 people1996: 10,690,605 people1998: 10,654,805 people2000: 10,619,212 people2002: 10,624,743 people2004: 10,708,364 people2006: 10,792,975 people2008: 10,878,825 people2010: 10,965,695 people2012: 11,053,838 people2014: 11,143,214 people2016: 11,233,778 people2018: 11,325,548 people2020: 11,376,253 people2022: 11,425,919 people2024: 11,478,359 people2025: 11,506,575 people
Change over the period: +3.55M (+44.61%) Average annual rate: 0.57 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Italy

Italy 11.51M people
World computed 2.01B people
Europe & Central Asia computed 186M people
High-income countries computed 499M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 11.51M +28,216 +0.25%
2024 11.48M +26,790 +0.23%
2023 11.45M +25,650 +0.22%
2022 11.43M +24,976 +0.22%
2021 11.4M +24,690 +0.22%
2020 11.38M +25,136 +0.22%
2019 11.35M +25,569 +0.23%
2018 11.33M +46,037 +0.41%
2017 11.28M +45,733 +0.41%
2016 11.23M +45,432 +0.41%
2015 11.19M +45,132 +0.41%
2014 11.14M +44,836 +0.4%
2013 11.1M +44,540 +0.4%
2012 11.05M +44,247 +0.4%
2011 11.01M +43,896 +0.4%
2010 10.97M +43,608 +0.4%
2009 10.92M +43,262 +0.4%
2008 10.88M +43,096 +0.4%
2007 10.84M +42,754 +0.4%
2006 10.79M +42,475 +0.4%
2005 10.75M +42,136 +0.39%
2004 10.71M +41,978 +0.39%
2003 10.67M +41,643 +0.39%
2002 10.62M +23,195 +0.22%
2001 10.6M −17,664 −0.17%
2000 10.62M −17,777 −0.17%
1999 10.64M −17,816 −0.17%
1998 10.65M −17,880 −0.17%
1997 10.67M −17,920 −0.17%
1996 10.69M −18,032 −0.17%
1995 10.71M −18,073 −0.17%
1994 10.73M −18,139 −0.17%
1993 10.74M −18,178 −0.17%
1992 10.76M −8,585 −0.08%
1991 10.77M +12,567 +0.12%
1990 10.76M +12,103 +0.11%
1989 10.75M +11,629 +0.11%
1988 10.74M +11,203 +0.1%
1987 10.72M +10,736 +0.1%
1986 10.71M +10,282 +0.1%
1985 10.7M +9,821 +0.09%
1984 10.69M +9,402 +0.09%
1983 10.68M +8,945 +0.08%
1982 10.67M +21,279 +0.2%
1981 10.65M +48,300 +0.46%
1980 10.61M +48,153 +0.46%
1979 10.56M +47,811 +0.45%
1978 10.51M +47,534 +0.45%
1977 10.46M +47,197 +0.45%
1976 10.41M +47,055 +0.45%
1975 10.37M +46,719 +0.45%
1974 10.32M +46,451 +0.45%
1973 10.27M +46,122 +0.45%
1972 10.23M +100,635 +0.99%
1971 10.13M +216,052 +2.18%
1970 9.91M +211,223 +2.18%
1969 9.7M +206,224 +2.17%
1968 9.49M +202,178 +2.18%
1967 9.29M +197,394 +2.17%
1966 9.09M +192,994 +2.17%
1965 8.9M +188,441 +2.16%
1964 8.71M +184,751 +2.17%
1963 8.53M +180,393 +2.16%
1962 8.35M +186,185 +2.28%
1961 8.16M +204,927 +2.58%
1960 7.96M

Southern Europe, 2025

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About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.