Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Italy

Number of immigrants in Italy in 2024 — 6,553,671 people. Ranked 12 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 328.5%.

2024 6.55M people +5.3% vs 2020
World rank 12of 215
Period maximum 6.55M people2024
Period minimum 1.53M people1990

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Italy, 1990–202402M4M6M8M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 1,529,367 people1995: 1,810,642 people2000: 2,143,259 people2005: 3,285,903 people2010: 4,719,233 people2015: 5,506,199 people2020: 6,223,851 people2024: 6,553,671 people
Change over the period: +5.02M (+328.52%) Average annual rate: 4.37 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Italy 6.55M people
World 303M people
Europe & Central Asia 106M people
Southern Europe computed 20.15M people
High-income countries computed 205M people
Number of immigrants — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 6.55M
2020 6.22M
2015 5.51M
2010 4.72M
2005 3.29M
2000 2.14M
1995 1.81M
1990 1.53M

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

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