Largest Cities in Italy 2026: Population Ranking

Italy's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Rome in orange

Italy has 2 cities with more than a million inhabitants and 44 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Rome with 2,318,895 people, followed by Milan (1,371,498) and Naples (909,048). The three largest cities together hold about 7.8% of the country's 58.9 million people.

The capital, Rome, is also the largest city.

By region, the most large cities are in Emilia-Romagna (8), Tuscany (5), Lombardy (4).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Italy population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Italy atlas.

Italy cities by population

44 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Italy
1	RomeCapital	Lazio	2,318,895	3.9%
2	Milan	Lombardy	1,371,498	2.3%
3	Naples	Campania	909,048	1.5%
4	Turin	Piedmont	847,287	1.4%
5	Palermo	Sicily	648,260	1.1%
6	Genoa	Liguria	580,097	1%
7	Bologna	Emilia-Romagna	394,843	0.7%
8	Florence	Tuscany	367,150	0.6%
9	Bari	Apulia	316,491	0.5%
10	Catania	Sicily	311,584	0.5%
11	Verona	Veneto	258,031	0.4%
12	Messina	Sicily	219,948	0.4%
13	Trieste	Friuli Venezia Giulia	204,338	0.3%
14	Padua	Veneto	203,725	0.3%
15	Brescia	Lombardy	200,423	0.3%
16	Taranto	Apulia	198,585	0.3%
17	Parma	Emilia-Romagna	198,292	0.3%
18	Prato	Tuscany	195,089	0.3%
19	Modena	Emilia-Romagna	184,732	0.3%
20	Reggio Calabria	Calabria	182,455	0.3%
21	Reggio nell'Emilia	Emilia-Romagna	171,944	0.3%
22	Livorno	Tuscany	157,017	0.3%
23	Cagliari	Sardinia	149,257	0.3%
24	Rimini	Emilia-Romagna	148,688	0.3%
25	Mestre	Veneto	147,662	0.3%
26	Foggia	Apulia	137,032	0.2%
27	Ferrara	Emilia-Romagna	132,009	0.2%
28	Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica	Lazio	129,362	0.2%
29	Salerno	Campania	125,797	0.2%
30	Monza	Lombardy	124,398	0.2%
31	Siracusa	Sicily	121,605	0.2%
32	Bergamo	Lombardy	121,200	0.2%
33	Trento	Trentino-Alto Adige	120,709	0.2%
34	Perugia	Umbria	120,137	0.2%
35	Pescara	Abruzzo	119,554	0.2%
36	Forlì	Emilia-Romagna	116,696	0.2%
37	Vicenza	Veneto	111,980	0.2%
38	Terni	Umbria	111,189	0.2%
39	Pisa	Tuscany	109,960	0.2%
40	Bolzano	Trentino-Alto Adige	107,436	0.2%
41	Piacenza	Emilia-Romagna	103,607	0.2%
42	Novara	Piedmont	101,916	0.2%
43	Arezzo	Tuscany	100,734	0.2%
44	Udine	Friuli Venezia Giulia	100,170	0.2%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Italy?

Rome, with about 2,318,895 inhabitants (city proper).

What is the capital of Italy?

Rome — population 2,318,895, the largest city in the country.

How many cities in Italy have over one million people?

2: Rome, Milan.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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