Demographics of Italy since 1 A.D.

[alfieb]

Hopefully there will be 120,000,000 Italians in the future, so we can have allies against the Slavic hordes!

Which part of Italy is the most densely populated?

Campania (Naples region)

[Peyrol]

Campania (Naples region)

...and Milano.

Lombardy has 10 million of inhabitants.

[alfieb]

...and Milano.

Lombardy has 10 million of inhabitants.

But it is around twice the size of Campania which has somewhere bet. 6 and 7m, last I checked.

[Peyrol]

But it is around twice the size of Campania which has somewhere bet. 6 and 7m, last I checked.

In general (with the exception of the overpopulated Lombardy), big regions (Piemonte, Veneto, Campania, etc) have around 4-6 million people.

There are btw underpopulated regions of medium/big size like Sardegna (less than 2 million people) and Basilicata/Lucania (500,000 people).

[alfieb]

As I said, Campania most (but not by much )

Why are we gray?

[Peyrol]

As I said, Campania most (but not by much )

Why are we gray?

Boh!
I googled the map and this was the resut.

BTW, sicilian population is slowly increasing due to the little immigration, while the resto fo the South is decresing.

[Prince Carlo]

I don't dispute that Abbruzzu and Sicilia do not truly belong to the Mezzogiorno. My point was that in 1860 that figure was the population of the Regno and now 150 years later, the other figure was the population numbers for the same territory.

Even so the kingdom of 2 Sicily would have about 20 milions of people, not 40 as you have said.

[alfieb]

You misread.

The growth rate isn't so much more in the South when you consider Two Sicilies had about 8m people at time of unification, and the same area has 19m now.

Compare with 14m for the rest of Italy in 1861 to 41 million now.

19 million for Two Sicilies
41 million for Rest of Italy

[Peyrol]

Even so the kingdom of 2 Sicily would have about 20 milions of people, not 40 as you have said.

There weren't 9 million people in the south at the unification as Alfieb wrote, but 7...7,5 being optimistic.