Population — national citizens

In 2024, Italy's population decreased by 0.3% compared to 2023, reaching 53,717,572.

Italy accounts for 13.2% of the EU-27 total of 406,216,013.

Italy ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.0% (from 54,820,515 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.