Demographics of Italy since 1 A.D.

[Peyrol]

Year Population
1 6,000,000
500 4,500,000
1000 7,000,000
1500 11,000,000
1861 22,182,377
1871 27,303,509
1881 28,953,480
1901 32,965,504
1911 35,845,048
1921 39,943,528
1931 41,651,000
1936 42,943,602
1951 47,515,537
1961 50,623,569
1971 54,136,547
1981 56,556,911
1991 56,778,031
2001 56,995,744
2011 60,820,787


Interesting the big falling after dissolution of Roman Empire; another interesting fact is that between 500 and 1800 c.a there was a very slow growth, while after there was an heavy boom, despithe the massive dramatic emigration.

[alfieb]

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.

[Grizzly]

Year Population
1 6,000,000
500 4,500,000
1000 7,000,000
1500 11,000,000
1861 22,182,377
1871 27,303,509
1881 28,953,480
1901 32,965,504
1911 35,845,048
1921 39,943,528
1931 41,651,000
1936 42,943,602
1951 47,515,537
1961 50,623,569
1971 54,136,547
1981 56,556,911
1991 56,778,031
2001 56,995,744
2011 60,820,787


Interesting the big falling after dissolution of Roman Empire; another interesting fact is that between 500 and 1800 c.a there was a very slow growth, while after there was an heavy boom, despithe the massive dramatic emigration.

The growth looks similar to any other country tbh. Population decreased during the medieval era and flattened out until the industrial era where there was a great growth in the population.

[Peyrol]

The growth looks similar to any other country tbh. Population decreased during the medieval era and flattened out until the industrial era where there was a great growth in the population.

Very few other countries had such a high emigration rate as Italy (both North and South).
Without massive emigration modern population would habe been something like 150 million people.

[Prince Carlo]

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.

Hmmm. Now Italy has more than 60 milions of people. Campania+Apulia+Calabria+Basilicata (the true south) have only 12 milions of people.

[Peyrol]

Hmmm. Now Italy has more than 60 milions of people. Campania+Apulia+Calabria+Basilicata (the true south) have only 12 milions of people.

For sure there are more people of southern descents abroad than in the ''True South'' you described.
Not sude about the ''True North'' (Piemonte-Liguria-Valle D'Aosta-Lombardia-Veneto-Friuli-Trentino), probabily the true northern italians here (about 50-60% of the total population) are equal to people of northern italian descents abroad.

[Prince Carlo]

If you includes half breed living abroas, yes they are very numerous. But there are very few full blooded S.Italians living abroad.

[Arbërori]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. :)

[alfieb]

Hmmm. Now Italy has more than 60 milions of people. Campania+Apulia+Calabria+Basilicata (the true south) have only 12 milions of people.

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.

[Arbërori]

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

Which part of Italy is the most densely populated?

[alfieb]

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

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).

http://www.icmarcallo.it/istituto/invalsi/2010-2011/matematica_classe_quinta/B5.jpg

[alfieb]

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

Why are we gray?

[Peyrol]

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

Why are we gray?

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

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.