Demographia

Italy: Large Cities
Population from 1951

POPULATION (x1,000)          
City 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001
Bologna 339 441 487 456 404 370
Firenze 376 438 456 453 403 352
Genova 681 775 844 760 679 604
Milano 1,269 1,581 1,687 1,635 1,369 1,183
Napoli 1,012 1,179 1,267 1,211 1,067 993
Palermo 484 587 652 702 699 652
Roma 1,658 2,161 2,656 2,831 2,775 2,460
Torino 713 1,019 1,142 1,104 963 857
             
PEAK POPULATION          
City Peak Population Year 2001 Population Change % Change  
Bologna 487 1971 370 (117) -24.0%  
Firenze 456 1971 352 (104) -22.8%  
Genova 844 1971 604 (240) -28.4%  
Milano 1,687 1971 1,183 (504) -29.9%  
Napoli 1,267 1971 993 (274) -21.6%  
Palermo 702 1981 652 (50) -7.1%  
Roma 2,831 1981 2,460 (371) -13.1%  
Torino 1,142 1971 857 (285) -25.0%  
             
POPULATION PER SQUARE MILE        
City 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001
Bologna 6,244 8,122 8,970 8,399 7,441 6,815
Firenze 9,517 11,086 11,541 11,465 10,200 8,909
Genova 7,391 8,411 9,159 8,248 7,369 6,555
Milano 18,099 22,548 24,060 23,319 19,525 16,872
Napoli 22,376 26,068 28,014 26,776 23,592 21,956
Palermo 7,896 9,576 10,637 11,453 11,404 10,637
Roma 2,851 3,715 4,566 4,867 4,771 4,229
Torino 14,198 20,291 22,740 21,983 19,176 17,065
             
             
POPULATION PER KM2        
City 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001
Bologna 2,411 3,136 3,463 3,243 2,873 2,631
Firenze 3,674 4,280 4,456 4,427 3,938 3,440
Genova 2,853 3,247 3,536 3,185 2,845 2,531
Milano 6,988 8,706 9,290 9,003 7,539 6,514
Napoli 8,639 10,065 10,816 10,338 9,109 8,477
Palermo 3,049 3,697 4,107 4,422 4,403 4,107
Roma 1,101 1,435 1,763 1,879 1,842 1,633
Torino 5,482 7,834 8,780 8,488 7,404 6,589
             
LAND AREA          
City Square Miles KM2        
Bologna 54.3 140.6        
Firenze 39.5 102.3        
Genova 92.1 238.7        
Milano 70.1 181.6        
Napoli 45.2 117.1        
Palermo 61.3 158.8        
Roma 581.6 1,506.4        
Torino 50.2 130.1        

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