Largest Cities by Population in Italy (2026)

138 cities in Italy with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by population estimates for January 1, 2026 (by Italian National Institute of Statistics).

Rank	City	Population
1	Rome (Roma)	2,745,062
2	Milan (Milano)	1,362,863
3	Naples (Napoli)	905,050
4	Turin (Torino)	855,654
5	Palermo	626,273
6	Genoa (Genova)	566,247
7	Bologna	391,473
8	Florence (Firenze)	361,625
9	Bari	316,248
10	Catania	296,984
11	Verona	255,139
12	Venice (Venezia)	249,385
13	Messina	216,458
14	Padua (Padova)	208,202
15	Brescia	201,342
16	Parma	199,450
17	Trieste	198,622
18	Prato	198,327
19	Taranto	185,112
20	Modena	184,361
21	Reggio nell'Emilia	172,921
22	Reggio di Calabria	167,925
23	Perugia	162,384
24	Ravenna	156,475
25	Livorno	152,451
26	Rimini	150,774
27	Cagliari	145,981
28	Foggia	145,078
29	Ferrara	129,048
30	Latina	127,450
31	Salerno	125,323
32	Giugliano in Campania	125,018
33	Monza	123,672
34	Bergamo	120,629
35	Sassari	120,231
36	Trento	119,359
37	Pescara	118,487
38	Forlì	118,053
39	Syracuse (Siracusa)	115,515
40	Vicenza	110,741
41	Bolzano (Bozen)	106,901
42	Terni	106,272
43	Piacenza	103,737
44	Novara	103,238
45	Ancona	100,151
46	Udine	98,501
47	Andria	96,520
48	Arezzo	96,506
49	Cesena	95,620
50	Pesaro	95,270
51	Lecce	94,387
52	Alessandria	93,409
53	La Spezia	92,610
54	Barletta	92,067
55	Pisa	90,146
56	Guidonia Montecelio	89,420
57	Pistoia	89,094
58	Lucca	88,464
59	Treviso	86,113
60	Busto Arsizio	84,595
61	Fiumicino	83,415
62	Como	83,035
63	Catanzaro	82,708
64	Grosseto	81,275
65	Brindisi	81,181
66	Marsala	79,521
67	Varese	79,100
68	Sesto San Giovanni	78,850
69	Torre del Greco	78,839
70	Cinisello Balsamo	75,154
71	Aprilia	74,697
72	Pozzuoli	74,665
73	Corigliano-Rossano	74,403
74	Ragusa	74,122
75	Carpi	74,041
76	Asti	73,604
77	Casoria	73,257
78	Caserta	72,757
79	Pavia	71,811
80	Cremona	71,093
81	L'Aquila	70,803
82	Altamura	70,336
83	Gela	70,109
84	Imola	69,702
85	Quartu Sant'Elena	67,869
86	Lamezia TermeNicastro	67,005
87	Viterbo	66,767
88	Vittoria	66,329
89	Massa	65,547
90	Pomezia	64,970
91	Vigevano	63,480
92	Cosenza	63,449
93	Potenza	63,403
94	Castellammare di Stabia	61,937
95	Olbia	61,739
96	Afragola	61,581
97	Legnano	60,980
98	Viareggio	60,680
99	Anzio	60,063
100	Fano	59,871
101	Carrara	59,723
102	Matera	59,368
103	Faenza	58,750
104	Acerra	58,585
105	Savona	58,421
106	Crotone	58,136
107	Caltanissetta	57,922
108	Marano di Napoli	57,631
109	Molfetta	57,016
110	Cerignola	56,711
111	Cuneo	55,747
112	Moncalieri	55,442
113	Benevento	55,330
114	Tivoli	55,321
115	Foligno	55,262
116	Agrigento	55,118
117	Trani	54,731
118	Trapani	54,636
119	Modica	53,622
120	Montesilvano	53,557
121	Bisceglie	53,242
122	Siena	53,180
123	Sanremo (San Remo)	53,157
124	Bagheria	53,152
125	Velletri	53,048
126	Gallarate	53,023
127	Manfredonia	53,015
128	Bitonto	52,868
129	Pordenone	52,744
130	Avellino	51,819
131	Teramo	51,400
132	Ardea	51,374
133	Civitavecchia	51,359
134	Portici	51,213
135	Rho	51,000
136	Acireale	50,528
137	Mantua (Mantova)	50,215
138	Mazara del Vallo	50,070

Source: Italian National Institute of Statistics (2026 estimate), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff.

Why don't these match official city populations?Official figures typically count only the population within administrative boundaries. UN urban area figures cover the entire built-up area, which can include multiple cities and towns.Show moreShow less

Tokyo

33,338,852

Urban area

9,953,160

23 wards

Essen

2,709,375

Urban area

573,618

City of Essen

Ankara

3,630,865

Urban area

5,186,002

Metropolitan municipality

What counts as an urban area? The UN uses satellite imagery to map built-up land, and treats each continuous stretch of built-up land as an urban area. This means that urban areas can extend beyond official city boundaries, and may include multiple cities and towns within a single urban area.

Can an urban area be smaller than its city? Yes. While most cities have urban areas larger than their administrative boundaries, some cities have extensive administrative limits that include sparsely populated areas.

93 urban areas in Italy with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the UN's population estimates for 2026.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2026)	Yearly Change	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)	World Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Naples	2,754,762	−0.48%	539	5,115	182	2,702,116	2,403,811
2	Milan	2,595,301	−0.14%	492	5,275	194	2,580,417	2,453,272
3	Roma (Rome)	2,373,579	−0.12%	403	5,890	210	2,362,001	2,268,656
4	Turin	1,146,759	−0.37%	159	7,212	452	1,129,893	1,036,940
5	Palermo	663,488	−0.60%	121	5,492	820	647,671	571,427
6	Genoa	530,676	−0.35%	102	5,203	1,054	523,346	484,009
7	Catania	450,904	−0.55%	108	4,175	1,249	441,018	388,656
8	Bologna	443,223	−0.14%	90	4,925	1,268	440,719	416,934
9	Florence	430,158	−0.15%	84	5,121	1,316	427,566	405,651
10	Bergamo	397,467	−0.15%	152	2,615	1,446	395,133	375,421
11	Busto Arsizio	302,290	−0.16%	103	2,935	1,928	300,416	285,751
12	Cagliari	252,632	−0.46%	58	4,356	2,338	248,014	226,722
13	Caserta	250,231	−0.86%	63	3,959	2,366	241,591	212,280
14	Bari	220,496	−0.56%	34	6,485	2,713	215,573	192,705
15	Verona	213,972	−0.28%	45	4,798	2,801	211,582	203,269
16	Brescia	206,543	−0.15%	55	3,755	2,922	205,281	193,697
17	Pescara	203,574	−0.12%	67	3,038	2,967	202,612	191,471
18	Padua	201,076	−0.13%	53	3,794	3,006	200,014	187,852
19	Messina	179,937	−0.72%	46	3,878	3,395	174,735	152,408
20	Prato	179,148	−0.15%	42	4,265	3,417	178,096	169,714
21	Trieste	177,901	−0.12%	32	5,559	3,443	177,034	170,662
22	Mestre	157,719	−0.13%	34	4,639	3,890	156,872	150,749
23	Modena	151,684	−0.16%	29	5,231	4,054	150,742	143,301
24	Livorno	148,301	−0.15%	30	4,943	4,148	147,387	140,597
25	Parma	145,700	−0.15%	29	5,024	4,236	144,802	137,765
26	Taranto	134,401	−0.57%	25	5,376	4,589	131,360	115,359
27	Pioltello	129,133	−0.15%	41	3,150	4,800	128,383	112,308
28	Reggio Calabria	127,576	−0.57%	37	3,448	4,850	124,689	101,263
29	Foggia	125,826	−0.58%	15	8,388	4,921	122,886	109,563
30	Gallarate	125,637	−0.15%	46	2,731	4,933	124,863	118,584
31	Salerno	122,795	−0.44%	22	5,582	5,063	120,651	108,709
32	Acilia	119,814	−0.13%	32	3,744	5,191	119,189	114,145
33	Reggio nell'Emilia	115,460	−0.15%	24	4,811	5,400	114,766	109,111
34	Garbagnate Milanese	113,427	−0.15%	40	2,836	5,508	112,735	102,623
35	Como	109,012	−0.15%	38	2,869	5,738	108,341	102,729
36	Bolzano - Bozen	106,693	−0.13%	16	6,668	5,857	106,139	101,975
37	Rimini	105,746	−0.13%	31	3,411	5,916	105,188	100,671
38	Udine	99,629	−0.13%	34	2,930	6,273	99,117	77,736
39	Varese	97,288	−0.14%	37	2,629	6,437	96,733	91,881
40	Andria	95,542	−0.58%	11	8,686	6,529	93,318	82,782
41	Syracuse	94,745	−1.00%	24	3,883	6,602	90,946	80,868
42	Vicenza	94,306	−0.13%	23	4,100	6,641	93,829	90,184
43	Novara	92,222	−0.16%	19	4,854	6,801	91,634	87,191
44	Ferrara	91,633	−0.16%	27	3,394	6,852	91,052	86,477
45	Piacenza	90,883	−0.16%	17	5,346	6,916	90,285	85,862
46	Trento	90,218	−0.13%	24	3,759	6,965	89,733	80,470
47	Terni	90,134	−0.14%	23	3,919	6,971	89,629	85,611
48	Barletta	89,749	−0.58%	11	8,159	6,998	87,659	78,009
49	Sassari	89,216	−0.46%	17	5,248	7,050	87,586	79,794
50	Ravenna	88,908	−0.13%	22	4,041	7,078	88,438	82,207
51	Forlì	88,697	−0.13%	26	3,411	7,097	88,234	82,634
52	Rho	87,143	−0.14%	29	3,005	7,228	86,645	82,471
53	La Spezia	85,931	−0.14%	20	4,297	7,333	85,439	81,638
54	Anzio	85,721	−0.13%	39	2,198	7,350	85,291	80,393
55	Cosenza	84,339	−0.59%	22	3,834	7,480	82,346	68,382
56	Treviso	81,549	−0.13%	26	3,136	7,744	81,132	77,901
57	Lecce	81,276	−0.59%	18	4,515	7,769	79,356	70,483
58	Lido di Ostia	80,826	−0.14%	9.00	8,981	7,810	80,358	76,939
59	Latina	80,001	−0.14%	14	5,714	7,900	79,539	75,992
60	Ancona	75,561	+0.12%	17	4,343	8,347	75,910	72,860
61	San Giuseppe Vesuviano	75,462	−6.13%	27	2,816	8,366	56,963	–
62	Acireale	73,189	−0.56%	23	3,182	8,606	71,545	63,289
63	Brindisi	71,037	−0.57%	13	5,464	8,845	69,428	61,758
64	Avellino	70,332	−0.47%	22	3,197	8,932	69,003	56,371
65	Pordenone	69,786	−0.14%	23	3,034	8,994	69,399	66,520
66	Trapani	68,716	−0.57%	16	4,295	9,130	67,139	57,689
67	Pisa	66,546	−0.16%	19	3,502	9,432	66,124	62,814
68	Nola	65,304	−0.48%	23	2,839	9,614	64,063	55,270
69	Pavia	64,593	−0.14%	20	3,230	9,726	64,223	61,126
70	Gela	64,202	−0.57%	14	4,586	9,785	62,751	55,743
71	Alessandria	63,644	−0.38%	13	4,896	9,876	62,674	57,559
72	Fonte Nuova	62,172	−0.14%	22	2,826	10,123	61,829	–
73	Pesaro	61,531	−0.13%	14	4,395	10,198	61,210	57,170
74	Altamura	59,458	−0.60%	7.00	8,494	10,520	58,035	51,417
75	Battipaglia	58,445	−0.50%	13	4,496	10,675	57,276	51,606
76	Vigevano	57,801	−0.17%	12	4,817	10,786	57,406	54,588
77	Lecco	57,156	−0.16%	16	3,572	10,920	56,791	52,313
78	Venice	56,974	−0.13%	13	4,383	10,962	56,679	54,469
79	Perugia	55,237	−0.13%	14	3,946	11,285	54,949	52,526
80	Tivoli	54,594	−0.14%	11	4,963	11,405	54,292	51,847
81	Molfetta	54,521	−0.58%	7.00	7,789	11,424	53,257	–
82	Grosseto	54,489	−0.16%	12	4,541	11,430	54,146	51,447
83	Savona	54,339	−0.36%	16	3,396	11,458	53,565	–
84	Bagheria	54,195	−0.57%	10	5,419	11,496	52,950	–
85	Acerra	53,397	−0.49%	8.00	6,675	11,640	52,360	–
86	Carpi	53,157	−0.16%	12	4,430	11,680	52,807	–
87	Albano Laziale	53,057	−0.13%	18	2,948	11,705	52,778	–
88	Trani	52,927	−0.59%	10	5,293	11,730	51,685	–
89	Arezzo	52,586	−0.16%	12	4,382	11,794	52,246	–
90	Lucca	51,942	−0.16%	18	2,886	11,909	51,615	–
91	Cremona	51,786	−0.17%	12	4,316	11,934	51,432	–
92	Bassano del Grappa	51,399	−0.14%	17	3,023	11,987	51,117	–
93	Saronno	50,687	−0.18%	12	4,224	12,055	50,330	–

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.

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