59,464,000 people in Italy

30^th April 2012

Italy's population totalled 59,464,000 on 9th October 2011 ie +2,468 million in comparison with 2001, according to provisional results of the last census published on 27th April by the Statistics Institute (Istat). The 15th census of the population was undertaken in the last months of 2011. It appears that the number of foreigners who are regularly domiciled in Italy rose from 1,334 million in 2001 to 3,769 million in 2011; they now represent 6.43% of the total population in comparison with 2.34% ten years ago. "The sharp increase in the number of foreign citizens has definitely contributed to the rise in the total population and it confirms the trend of demographic stagnation in the Italian population," notes Istat. The number of families in Italy has increased over ten years rising from 21,810 million to 24,512 million, but the average size of the family has dropped from 2.6 to 2.4 according to the same source.

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