NUTS 3 areas of Italy by population

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Italy by population, 2018
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Roma had the highest population of 107 areas in 2018, at 4.26 million. Isernia had the lowest, at 84,971. The median was 385,329 and the figure for Italy was 59.94 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4,259,443Roma

Lowest84,971Isernia

Median385,329107 areas

Italy59,937,769History

Top 40 areas, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

persons. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2018 persons	Change on 2017
1	Roma	4,259,443	+0.1%
2	Milano	3,232,728	+0.6%
3	Napoli	3,060,023	-0.2%
4	Torino	2,249,616	-0.6%
5	Brescia	1,251,306	-0%
6	Bari	1,240,589	-0.4%
7	Palermo	1,238,675	-0.6%
8	Bergamo	1,106,160	+0.1%
9	Salerno	1,091,434	-0.4%
10	Catania	1,081,823	-0.5%
11	Bologna	1,012,550	+0.3%
12	Firenze	1,002,913	-0.3%
13	Padova	932,464	+0.1%
14	Verona	919,179	+0.1%
15	Caserta	915,730	-0.1%
16	Varese	884,919	0%
17	Treviso	883,346	+0.2%
18	Monza e della Brianza	865,666	+0.3%
19	Vicenza	857,645	-0.2%
20	Venezia	850,607	-0.1%
21	Genova	836,148	-0.7%
22	Lecce	791,902	-0.6%
23	Modena	701,962	+0.2%
24	Cosenza	699,142	-0.6%
25	Perugia	650,524	-0.5%
26	Messina	624,147	-1%
27	Foggia	616,829	-0.8%
28	Como	597,486	-0.1%
29	Cuneo	588,639	-0.1%
30	Taranto	572,436	-0.6%
31	Latina	564,169	0%
32	Trento	541,966	+0.3%
33	Pavia	541,617	-0.3%
34	Reggio Calabria	540,579	-0.6%
35	Udine	530,717	-0.4%
36	Reggio nell’Emilia	529,588	0%
37	Bolzano-Bozen	526,772	+0.6%
38	Sassari	487,509	-0.2%
39	Frosinone	483,156	-0.6%
40	Ancona	470,533	-0.3%
41	Parma	450,486	+0.5%
42	Agrigento	432,335	-1.1%
43	Trapani	426,963	-0.6%
44	Cagliari	425,206	-0%
45	Alessandria	423,296	-0.6%
46	Pisa	419,636	-0.2%
47	Avellino	418,123	-0.6%
48	Mantova	407,574	-0.3%
49	Siracusa	394,169	-0.8%
50	Forlì-Cesena	393,867	+0.1%
51	Brindisi	390,740	-0.8%
52	Ravenna	389,939	0%
53	Barletta-Andria-Trani	388,470	-0.5%
54	Lucca	385,329	-0.4%
55	Chieti	383,047	-0.6%
56	Novara	366,691	-0.2%
57	Potenza	365,903	-0.7%
58	Pesaro e Urbino	359,033	-0.1%
59	Cremona	356,086	-0.3%
60	Catanzaro	355,000	-0.5%
61	Sud Sardegna	351,028	-0.7%
62	Ferrara	346,447	-0.4%
63	Arezzo	341,375	-0.3%
64	Lecco	335,588	-0%
65	Rimini	334,877	+0.2%
66	Livorno	334,483	-0.4%
67	Pescara	318,034	-0.6%
68	Ragusa	316,682	-0.3%
69	Macerata	314,944	-0.8%
70	Viterbo	313,010	-0.3%
71	Pordenone	309,946	+0.1%
72	Teramo	305,894	-0.6%
73	L’Aquila	299,084	-0.6%
74	Pistoia	290,665	+0.1%
75	Piacenza	286,204	0%
76	Benevento	277,579	-0.3%
77	Savona	275,698	-0.6%
78	Siena	266,880	-0.2%
79	Caltanissetta	263,235	-1.2%
80	Prato	255,259	+0.3%
81	Rovigo	234,870	-0.9%
82	Trieste	232,274	+0.2%
83	Lodi	226,807	+0.1%
84	Terni	225,953	-0.5%
85	Campobasso	221,593	-0.6%
86	Grosseto	221,301	-0.4%
87	La Spezia	218,614	-0.3%
88	Asti	214,897	-0.4%
89	Imperia	211,081	-0.6%
90	Nuoro	209,100	-0.7%
91	Ascoli Piceno	208,428	-0.5%
92	Belluno	202,825	-0.4%
93	Matera	197,065	-0.5%
94	Massa-Carrara	194,207	-0.5%
95	Sondrio	181,025	-0%
96	Biella	176,737	-0.7%
97	Fermo	173,393	-0.4%
98	Crotone	171,904	-0.4%
98	Vercelli	171,904	-0.8%
100	Enna	164,159	-1.3%
101	Oristano	158,197	-0.5%
102	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	158,131	-0.4%
103	Vibo Valentia	157,632	-0.6%
104	Rieti	154,828	-0.7%
105	Gorizia	138,218	-0.2%
106	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	126,213	-0.4%
107	Isernia	84,971	-0.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which area has the highest population?

Roma, with 4.26 million in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population?

Isernia, with 84,971 in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.