NUTS 3 areas of Italy by population

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Italy by population, 2024
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Roma had the highest population of 107 areas in 2024, at 4.23 million. Isernia had the lowest, at 79,236. The median was 377,240 and the figure for Italy was 58.97 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4,225,409Roma

Lowest79,236Isernia

Median377,240107 areas

Italy58,971,230History

Top 40 areas, 2024

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2024 persons	Change on 2023
1	Roma	4,225,409	-0%
2	Milano	3,245,459	+0.5%
3	Napoli	2,970,974	-0.3%
4	Torino	2,204,837	0%
5	Brescia	1,260,955	+0.3%
6	Bari	1,221,682	-0.3%
7	Palermo	1,200,253	-0.3%
8	Bergamo	1,110,427	+0.4%
9	Catania	1,071,813	-0.2%
10	Salerno	1,058,018	-0.3%
11	Bologna	1,017,536	+0.3%
12	Firenze	988,785	+0.1%
13	Padova	931,607	+0.1%
14	Verona	926,970	+0.1%
15	Caserta	906,522	0%
16	Varese	880,257	+0.1%
17	Treviso	879,388	+0.1%
18	Monza e della Brianza	876,792	+0.4%
19	Vicenza	853,610	+0.1%
20	Venezia	835,405	-0.1%
21	Genova	817,628	+0.1%
22	Lecce	767,231	-0.5%
23	Modena	706,445	+0.3%
24	Cosenza	670,368	-0.3%
25	Perugia	637,222	-0.3%
26	Messina	598,071	-0.4%
27	Como	597,949	+0.1%
28	Foggia	593,078	-0.4%
29	Cuneo	581,631	+0.2%
30	Latina	566,873	-0%
31	Taranto	553,501	-0.6%
32	Trento	545,169	+0.4%
33	Pavia	538,632	+0.4%
34	Bolzano-Bozen	537,533	+0.6%
35	Reggio nell’Emilia	528,877	+0.4%
36	Udine	517,143	-0%
37	Reggio Calabria	515,153	-0.7%
38	Sassari	473,493	-0.3%
39	Frosinone	464,789	-0.7%
40	Ancona	461,629	-0%
41	Parma	454,149	+0.5%
42	Cagliari	418,962	-0.3%
43	Pisa	417,674	+0.1%
44	Trapani	412,946	-0.5%
45	Agrigento	410,508	-0.6%
46	Mantova	407,002	+0.2%
47	Alessandria	406,385	-0%
48	Avellino	396,973	-0.5%
49	Forlì-Cesena	392,812	+0.3%
50	Ravenna	387,229	+0.2%
51	Siracusa	383,858	-0.3%
52	Lucca	381,826	-0.1%
53	Barletta-Andria-Trani	377,929	-0.4%
54	Brindisi	377,240	-0.6%
55	Chieti	371,219	-0.4%
56	Novara	363,482	+0.3%
57	Cremona	352,965	+0.2%
58	Pesaro e Urbino	349,882	+0.1%
59	Potenza	343,252	-0.9%
60	Catanzaro	340,659	-0.4%
61	Rimini	339,837	+0.3%
62	Ferrara	339,664	+0.1%
63	Arezzo	333,344	-0.2%
64	Lecco	333,270	+0.1%
65	Sud Sardegna	331,817	-0.7%
66	Livorno	326,315	-0.1%
67	Ragusa	319,236	+0.5%
68	Pescara	312,246	-0.3%
69	Pordenone	310,763	+0.2%
70	Viterbo	307,686	-0.2%
71	Macerata	302,993	-0.3%
72	Teramo	299,274	+0.1%
73	Pistoia	289,889	0%
74	L’Aquila	286,832	-0.3%
75	Piacenza	285,389	+0.4%
76	Savona	267,621	+0.1%
77	Benevento	261,419	-0.6%
78	Siena	259,992	-0.2%
79	Prato	259,921	+0.3%
80	Caltanissetta	247,118	-0.9%
81	Lodi	229,473	+0.6%
82	Trieste	228,396	-0.1%
83	Rovigo	227,448	-0.2%
84	Terni	215,846	-0.6%
85	Grosseto	215,802	-0.4%
86	La Spezia	215,091	+0.1%
87	Campobasso	209,988	-0.3%
88	Imperia	208,800	0%
89	Asti	207,239	-0.3%
90	Ascoli Piceno	200,897	-0.3%
91	Belluno	197,788	-0.2%
92	Nuoro	197,090	-0.7%
93	Matera	189,981	-0.6%
94	Massa-Carrara	186,982	-0.3%
95	Sondrio	178,873	0%
96	Biella	168,583	-0.3%
97	Fermo	167,345	-0.3%
98	Vercelli	165,704	-0.1%
99	Crotone	161,902	-0.5%
100	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	153,762	-0.2%
101	Enna	153,556	-0.9%
102	Vibo Valentia	150,486	-0.1%
103	Rieti	149,988	-0.3%
104	Oristano	149,091	-0.8%
105	Gorizia	138,314	+0.2%
106	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	122,877	-0.2%
107	Isernia	79,236	-0.8%

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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 4.23 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population?

Isernia, with 79,236 in 2024.

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.