Italy - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Italy was 59,449,530 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 60,789,140 in 2014 and a minimum value of 50,199,700 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 50,199,700
1961 50,536,350
1962 50,879,450
1963 51,252,000
1964 51,675,350
1965 52,112,350
1966 52,519,000
1967 52,900,500
1968 53,235,750
1969 53,537,950
1970 53,821,850
1971 54,073,490
1972 54,381,340
1973 54,751,410
1974 55,110,870
1975 55,441,000
1976 55,718,260
1977 55,955,410
1978 56,155,140
1979 56,317,750
1980 56,433,880
1981 56,501,680
1982 56,543,550
1983 56,564,070
1984 56,576,720
1985 56,593,070
1986 56,596,160
1987 56,601,930
1988 56,629,290
1989 56,671,780
1990 56,719,240
1991 56,758,520
1992 56,797,090
1993 56,831,820
1994 56,843,400
1995 56,844,300
1996 56,860,280
1997 56,890,370
1998 56,906,740
1999 56,916,320
2000 56,942,110
2001 56,974,100
2002 57,059,010
2003 57,313,200
2004 57,685,330
2005 57,969,480
2006 58,143,980
2007 58,438,310
2008 58,826,730
2009 59,095,360
2010 59,277,420
2011 59,379,450
2012 59,539,720
2013 60,233,950
2014 60,789,140
2015 60,730,580
2016 60,627,500
2017 60,536,710
2018 60,421,760
2019 59,729,080
2020 59,449,530

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population