How many people live in Italy right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
58,850,910
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 25 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.71%
- Median age
- 48.6 years
- Children per woman
- 1.22
- Life expectancy
- 84.2 years
- People per km²
- 199
According to UN estimates, about 58.9 million people live in Italy right now. It ranks 25th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between South Africa and Kenya, and it is home to one in every 141 people on the planet.
Every day, about 1,000 people are born there and about 1,800 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 58,300 people a year. More people die than are born, and immigration is not enough to make up for it. Overall, the population shrinks by about 630 people a day (0.39% a year).
In 1950, about 46.4 million people lived there. Since then, the population has grown by 27%. It peaked in 2014, at about 60.7 million, and has been falling since. By 2050 it is projected to have about 51.9 million people (12% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 35.4 million.
Half of its people are younger than 49 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.22 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 84 years (worldwide, 74). There are 199 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Italy in 2026?
- Italy has about 58.9 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 58,926,166.
- How many people are born each day in Italy?
- About 1,000 a day (380,000 a year). About 1,800 people die each day (669,000 a year).
- Is the population of Italy growing?
- No: it shrinks by 0.39% a year, or about 232,000 people.
- What will the population of Italy be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 51.9 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- United Kingdom 70,045,945
- France 66,775,468
- South Africa 65,670,723
- Kenya 58,985,361
- Myanmar 55,285,188
- Colombia 54,089,626
More countries in Europe
- Russia 143,283,456
- Germany 83,580,398
- United Kingdom 70,045,945
- France 66,775,468
- Spain 47,835,427
- Ukraine 39,443,605
- Poland 37,796,218
- Romania 18,766,014
- Netherlands 18,476,981
- Belgium 11,779,072
- Sweden 10,713,758
- Czechia 10,520,788
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.