Foreign residents
Residents with a foreign citizenship, the most common citizenships and acquisitions of Italian citizenship.
Foreign residents
Residents without Italian citizenship on 1 January.
Breaks in the series:
- 1 January 2019: From 2019 ISTAT bases the figures on the annual (permanent) census, before that on a reconstruction between the 2001 and 2011 censuses.
Share of all residents
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| Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | 7,894 | 3,996 | 3,898 | 18.9 % | provisional, estimate |
| 1 January 2025 | 7,458 | 3,747 | 3,711 | 18.0 % | |
| 1 January 2024 | 7,338 | 3,671 | 3,667 | 17.7 % | |
| 1 January 2023 | 6,955 | 3,490 | 3,465 | 16.9 % | |
| 1 January 2022 | 6,679 | 3,341 | 3,338 | 16.4 % | |
| 1 January 2021 | 6,996 | 3,472 | 3,524 | 17.1 % | |
| 1 January 2020 | 6,772 | 3,271 | 3,501 | 16.5 % | |
| 1 January 2019 | 6,627 | 3,199 | 3,428 | 16.3 % | |
| 1 January 2018 | 6,388 | 3,082 | 3,306 | 15.9 % | |
| 1 January 2017 | 6,196 | 2,964 | 3,232 | 15.6 % | |
| 1 January 2016 | 6,088 | 2,905 | 3,183 | 15.5 % | |
| 1 January 2015 | 6,268 | 3,005 | 3,263 | 16.0 % | |
| 1 January 2014 | 6,099 | 2,909 | 3,190 | 15.7 % | |
| 1 January 2013 | 5,912 | 2,828 | 3,084 | 15.4 % | |
| 1 January 2012 | 5,573 | 2,670 | 2,903 | 14.6 % | |
| 1 January 2011 | 5,127 | 2,425 | 2,702 | 13.7 % | |
| 1 January 2010 | 4,805 | 2,319 | 2,486 | 13.0 % | |
| 1 January 2009 | 4,544 | 2,210 | 2,334 | 12.4 % | |
| 1 January 2008 | 4,217 | 2,072 | 2,145 | 11.7 % | |
| 1 January 2007 | 3,595 | 1,783 | 1,812 | 10.1 % | |
| 1 January 2006 | 3,201 | 1,599 | 1,602 | 9.1 % | |
| 1 January 2005 | 2,743 | 1,403 | 1,340 | 7.9 % | |
| 1 January 2004 | 2,357 | 1,146 | 1,211 | 6.9 % | |
| 1 January 2003 | 2,078 | 1,012 | 1,066 | 6.1 % | |
| 1 January 2002 | 1,872 | 901 | 971 | 5.6 % |
Source: ISTAT – Reconstruction 2002–2019 (balance), Foreign residents from 2019, Balance of foreign residents from 2019 · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · values selected and rearranged, not changed
as of 1 January each year · retrieved 03/11/2026, 15:37 · updated 03/11/2026, 15:44 · shares and sums: own calculation
Most common citizenships
The ten most common foreign citizenships on 1 January 2025.
| Citizenship | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019¹ | 2020¹ | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 196 | 240 | 297 | 361 | 447 | 530 | 642 | 692 | 762 | 814 | 903 | 956 | 985 | 992 | 932 | 935 | 933 | 1,007 | 1,059 | 1,096 | 1,109 | 1,179 | 1,299 | 1,333 |
| Germany | 433 | 430 | 425 | 440 | 456 | 466 | 489 | 490 | 503 | 504 | 519 | 522 | 487 | 468 | 502 | 495 | 492 | 516 | 516 | 490 | 471 | 498 | 529 | 562 |
| Kosovo | 46 | 66 | 81 | 108 | 136 | 163 | 203 | 232 | 263 | 299 | 351 | 397 | 406 | 436 | 414 | 419 | 455 | 476 | 449 | 477 | 451 | 470 | 492 | 459 |
| Pakistan | 73 | 86 | 107 | 137 | 161 | 195 | 214 | 259 | 271 | 295 | 327 | 376 | 392 | 396 | 347 | 373 | 366 | 378 | 413 | 438 | 380 | 394 | 408 | 434 |
| Morocco | 104 | 123 | 138 | 186 | 213 | 245 | 272 | 294 | 324 | 334 | 375 | 371 | 397 | 419 | 375 | 395 | 410 | 431 | 459 | 457 | 422 | 428 | 426 | 408 |
| Romania | · | · | · | 75 | 103 | 124 | 235 | 225 | 206 | 222 | 235 | 270 | 270 | 297 | 319 | 340 | 368 | 376 | 384 | 404 | 369 | 365 | 359 | 335 |
| Ukraine | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 186 | 193 | 195 | 183 | 200 | 216 | 221 | 222 | 232 | 221 | 242 | 284 | 293 |
| North Macedonia | 118 | 142 | 158 | 194 | 227 | 267 | 308 | 347 | 381 | 402 | 436 | 456 | 480 | 500 | 498 | 447 | 425 | 421 | 379 | 366 | 325 | 322 | 306 | 280 |
| Bangladesh | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 220 | 230 | 256 | 269 |
| India | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 195 | 201 | 212 | 217 | 207 | 221 | 236 | 250 | 227 | 234 | 257 | 262 |
| Austria | 217 | 198 | 195 | 192 | 202 | 204 | 209 | 208 | 195 | 181 | 178 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Tunisia | 57 | 62 | 74 | 79 | 93 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 54 | 53 | 69 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Serbia | 52 | 61 | 74 | 96 | 100 | 116 | 141 | 143 | 164 | 189 | 199 | 197 | 202 | 196 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Slovakia | · | · | · | · | · | 103 | 131 | 144 | 161 | 184 | 205 | 196 | · | · | 193 | 199 | 201 | 206 | 191 | 214 | · | · | · | · |
| Other | 522 | 617 | 739 | 875 | 1,063 | 1,182 | 1,373 | 1,510 | 1,575 | 1,703 | 1,845 | 1,985 | 2,092 | 2,168 | 2,113 | 2,176 | 2,315 | 2,374 | 2,464 | 2,572 | 2,484 | 2,593 | 2,722 | 2,823 |
| Foreign residents | 1,872 | 2,078 | 2,357 | 2,743 | 3,201 | 3,595 | 4,217 | 4,544 | 4,805 | 5,127 | 5,573 | 5,912 | 6,099 | 6,268 | 6,088 | 6,196 | 6,388 | 6,627 | 6,772 | 6,996 | 6,679 | 6,955 | 7,338 | 7,458 |
A dot (·) means: not among the ten most common that year. “Other” combines all the rest. ¹ Break in the series according to ISTAT.
2002–2018: from ISTAT's yearly files of residents by citizenship. They use today's country names for every year, e.g. Kosovo before its independence in 2008. Later years: from ISTAT's database.
Source: ISTAT – Residents by citizenship 2002–2018 (yearly files), Foreign residents by citizenship · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · values selected and rearranged, not changed
as of 1 January each year · retrieved 03/11/2026, 15:39 · updated 03/11/2026, 15:44
Acquisitions of citizenship
Foreign residents who acquired Italian citizenship during the year.
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| Status | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 197 | provisional |
| 2024 | 342 | |
| 2023 | 204 | |
| 2022 | 283 | |
| 2021 | 351 | |
| 2020 | 40 | |
| 2019 | 278 | |
| 2018 | 208 | |
| 2017 | 288 | |
| 2016 | 371 | |
| 2015 | 340 | |
| 2014 | 195 | |
| 2013 | 134 | |
| 2012 | 94 | |
| 2011 | 64 | |
| 2010 | 98 | |
| 2009 | 100 | |
| 2008 | 46 | |
| 2007 | 32 | |
| 2006 | 37 | |
| 2005 | 32 | |
| 2004 | 38 | |
| 2003 | 31 | |
| 2002 | 13 |
Source: ISTAT – Reconstruction 2002–2019 (balance), Foreign residents from 2019, Balance of foreign residents from 2019 · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · values selected and rearranged, not changed
calendar years · retrieved 03/11/2026, 15:37 · updated 03/11/2026, 15:44