The number of residents over the years, men and women, and the census results.
Population statistics
How the population of Merano is changing: residents, age, births and deaths, moves, foreign residents and ISTAT's projection. All data comes from ISTAT.
Key figures
- Residents
- 41,658
- 1 January 2026 (provisional, estimate)
- Change over 10 years
- +2,350
- +6.0 %, since 1 January 2016own calculation
- Median age (years)
- 47.3
- 1 January 2026 (provisional, estimate)own calculation
- Share aged 65 and over
- 23.4 %
- 1 January 2026own calculation
- Share of foreign residents
- 18.9 %
- 1 January 2026own calculation
Values marked “own calculation” are calculated by us from ISTAT's data. Last updated: 03/11/2026, 15:44.
Topics
Population pyramid comparing two years, age groups and median age.
Births and deaths, people moving in and out, per year and per month.
Residents with a foreign citizenship, the most common citizenships and acquisitions of Italian citizenship.
ISTAT's population projection for the municipality (median scenario).
Source: ISTAT – Demographic balance from 2019, Censuses, Censuses 1861–1991 (printed volume, 1994), Foreign residents by citizenship, Foreign residents from 2019, Balance of foreign residents from 2019, Resident population from 2019, Municipal projections (age and sex), Municipal projections (indicators), Reconstruction 1982–1991, Reconstruction 1992–2001, Reconstruction 2002–2019 (age), Reconstruction 2002–2019 (balance), Residents by citizenship 2002–2018 (yearly files) · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · values selected and rearranged, not changed
retrieved 03/11/2026, 10:55 · updated 03/11/2026, 15:44 · shares and sums: own calculation
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