Largest cities in Italy by population
The 42 cities the United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2024 lists for Italy: the capital and every city of 100,000 or more, with the latest figure the country reported. The largest is Milano with 3,580,530 people; the capital, Roma, has 2,755,309.
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| # | City | Population | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milano | 3,580,530 | 1 January 2023 |
| 2 | Napoli | 2,809,357 | 1 January 2023 |
| 3 | Roma (capital) | 2,755,309 | 1 January 2023 |
| 4 | Torino | 847,398 | 1 January 2023 |
| 5 | Palermo | 632,499 | 1 January 2023 |
| 6 | Genova | 561,191 | 1 January 2023 |
| 7 | Bologna | 389,200 | 1 January 2023 |
| 8 | Firenze | 362,742 | 1 January 2023 |
| 9 | Bari | 316,736 | 1 January 2023 |
| 10 | Catania | 299,730 | 1 January 2023 |
| 11 | Verona | 256,049 | 1 January 2023 |
| 12 | Venezia | 250,913 | 1 January 2023 |
| 13 | Messina | 219,387 | 1 January 2023 |
| 14 | Padova | 207,112 | 1 January 2023 |
| 15 | Trieste | 199,032 | 1 January 2023 |
| 16 | Brescia | 197,236 | 1 January 2023 |
| 17 | Parma | 197,018 | 1 January 2023 |
| 18 | Prato | 196,317 | 1 January 2023 |
| 19 | Taranto | 188,310 | 1 January 2023 |
| 20 | Modena | 184,836 | 1 January 2023 |
| 21 | Reggio di Calabria | 171,181 | 1 January 2023 |
| 22 | Reggio nell'Emilia | 170,451 | 1 January 2023 |
| 23 | Perugia | 162,367 | 1 January 2023 |
| 24 | Ravenna | 156,050 | 1 January 2023 |
| 25 | Livorno | 153,859 | 1 January 2023 |
| 26 | Rimini | 149,681 | 1 January 2023 |
| 27 | Cagliari | 148,296 | 1 January 2023 |
| 28 | Foggia | 146,017 | 1 January 2023 |
| 29 | Ferrara | 129,724 | 1 January 2023 |
| 30 | Latina | 127,719 | 1 January 2023 |
| 31 | Salerno | 127,485 | 1 January 2023 |
| 32 | Sassari | 121,409 | 1 January 2023 |
| 33 | Bergamo | 119,809 | 1 January 2023 |
| 34 | Pescara | 118,829 | 1 January 2023 |
| 35 | Trento | 118,277 | 1 January 2023 |
| 36 | Forli | 116,726 | 1 January 2023 |
| 37 | Siracusa | 116,635 | 1 January 2023 |
| 38 | Vicenza | 110,283 | 1 January 2023 |
| 39 | Terni | 106,793 | 1 January 2023 |
| 40 | Bolzano | 106,410 | 1 January 2023 |
| 41 | Piacenza | 102,728 | 1 January 2023 |
| 42 | Novara | 101,797 | 1 January 2023 |
Countries define a city in different ways (the city proper, or the wider urban area) and report in different years, so cities in different countries are not always comparable.
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Sources
- United Nations Statistics Division: Demographic Yearbook 2024, Table 8: Population of capital cities and cities of 100 000 or more inhabitants, latest available year, 2005-2024, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0c6784df022e…)
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