Italy abortions and live births by region, 1979-2023

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 7 September 2025

Reported abortions by region, 1979-2023

Note: Abortion figures are by region of residence for years 1992-2015, but are by region of occurrence for years 1980-1991.

region 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 region

Abruzzo 4,694 4,660 5,227 4,995 5,254 4,905 4,738 4,552 4,159 4,085 3,914 3,607 3,294 3,305 3,128 3,023 3,149 3,189 3,071 3,034 2,923 2,687 2,841 2,729 2,805 2,697 2,604 2,513 2,736 2,518 2,462 2,481 2,399 2,314 2,151 1,866 1,794 1,634 1,533 1,517 1,358 1,326 1,326 Abruzzo

Basilicata 1,620 1,903 2,319 2,364 2,616 2,468 2,416 2,426 2,142 2,288 2,037 2,046 2,059 2,004 1,730 2,024 1,679 1,618 1,540 1,490 1,295 1,358 1,234 1,092 1,240 1,042 1,066 696 776 700 688 581 610 620 631 557 564 554 513 522 430 399 459 Basilicata

Calabria 2,776 2,544 5,350 5,941 5,149 587 4,962 5,294 4,166 4,248 4,844 4,359 3,799 3,794 3,763 4,058 4,636 4,854 4,647 4,386 4,221 3,602 3,612 3,330 3,597 3,391 3,454 3,171 3,222 3,090 3,115 2,926 2,828 2,671 2,464 2,109 2,058 1,991 1,887 1,727 1,645 1,559 1,641 Calabria

Campania 7,583 12,549 15,959 16,120 15,936 14,418 14,862 16,568 15,883 14,818 14,082 13,897 13,942 13,318 13,592 14,171 14,113 13,897 13,917 14,067 13,281 12,621 10,082 4,788 12,478 10,821 9,228 11,539 11,072 12,183 11,181 10,592 10,441 9,974 10,259 8,284 7,560 7,070 6,696 6,617 5,943 5,810 6,065 Campania

Emilia-Romagna 18,955 20,690 20,187 19,479 18,676 16,726 15,214 14,450 13,176 12,650 12,007 11,750 10,863 10,722 9,120 9,375 9,659 9,549 9,755 9,774 9,670 9,521 9,782 9,662 10,136 9,799 9,769 11,274 11,124 10,827 10,772 10,214 9,705 9,161 8,473 7,848 7,688 7,130 6,874 6,512 6,025 5,701 6,019 Emilia-Romagna

Friuli-Venezia Giulia 4,853 4,585 4,687 4,463 4,402 3,878 3,601 3,368 3,230 3,062 2,969 2,761 2,510 2,417 2,189 2,075 2,080 2,084 2,084 2,142 2,010 2,018 2,018 2,043 2,199 1,961 1,864 2,180 2,124 2,075 1,970 1,854 1,828 1,744 1,609 1,488 1,436 1,361 1,378 1,330 1,251 1,219 1,181 Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Lazio 20,473 20,058 22,876 24,511 24,176 21,925 21,546 18,812 19,723 19,306 18,553 17,512 16,796 16,935 14,888 10,322 13,125 14,456 14,466 14,774 13,799 13,781 14,140 13,603 14,660 13,854 13,638 14,716 13,657 13,290 12,870 12,079 11,855 11,301 10,415 9,617 9,032 8,666 8,287 7,736 7,446 6,929 7,049 Lazio

Liguria 8,519 8,204 8,098 7,791 7,651 6,916 6,286 5,903 5,520 4,962 4,899 4,669 4,492 4,209 4,240 3,827 4,081 3,914 3,998 3,853 3,775 3,721 3,671 3,791 3,936 3,642 3,596 3,526 3,336 3,219 3,455 3,337 3,184 3,109 2,908 2,700 2,669 2,399 2,257 2,244 2,056 1,976 2,117 Liguria

Lombardia 32,811 36,553 38,402 36,796 35,903 32,678 30,008 28,626 27,108 25,382 24,682 23,561 22,519 21,186 20,376 19,856 19,804 20,399 20,238 20,897 20,044 20,456 20,028 21,312 22,179 20,537 20,184 21,715 20,368 19,646 18,959 18,264 17,133 16,778 15,912 14,304 14,111 13,742 12,915 12,367 10,720 10,747 11,205 Lombardia

Marche 4,931 5,375 5,448 5,415 5,337 4,738 4,182 3,758 3,444 3,170 3,094 2,927 2,887 2,806 2,305 2,159 2,598 2,644 2,616 2,557 2,496 2,485 2,592 2,654 2,612 2,556 2,480 2,562 2,453 2,458 2,409 2,313 2,189 2,050 1,840 1,688 1,618 1,504 1,537 1,389 1,351 1,124 1,272 Marche

Molise 960 1,032 1,164 1,224 1,249 1,325 1,210 1,263 1,161 1,157 1,154 1,160 1,168 1,100 1,016 1,007 959 973 810 834 784 643 705 614 660 562 633 674 611 666 575 457 461 415 410 356 398 380 338 288 258 242 272 Molise

Piemonte 21,935 22,011 19,128 19,088 20,012 17,158 8,462 5,967 11,200 8,160 8,178 10,179 9,123 8,302 8,713 7,947 9,438 9,865 9,942 9,671 10,245 9,825 9,987 9,696 10,406 9,876 9,862 10,444 10,174 9,485 9,670 9,267 8,848 8,452 7,856 6,917 6,805 6,622 6,391 6,119 5,637 5,361 5,306 Piemonte

Puglia 22,988 23,914 25,227 28,112 28,628 26,566 25,073 23,509 21,028 22,077 20,977 20,095 19,098 18,889 17,212 17,476 16,918 16,285 15,596 14,982 14,287 13,863 12,946 12,366 12,514 11,848 11,309 10,453 9,962 9,682 9,711 9,409 9,010 8,443 8,514 7,574 7,461 7,085 6,354 6,162 5,325 5,152 5,316 Puglia

Sardegna 5,251 5,034 5,034 4,379 4,592 4,764 3,963 3,666 3,952 3,835 3,385 3,598 3,788 3,367 3,337 3,541 3,132 3,002 2,764 2,726 2,662 2,513 2,429 2,417 2,491 2,348 2,231 2,247 2,537 2,316 2,315 2,290 2,231 2,079 1,930 1,938 1,861 1,816 1,614 1,588 1,393 1,382 1,339 Sardegna

Sicilia 10,523 12,103 14,513 14,360 13,518 14,575 13,836 13,416 12,736 11,751 11,411 10,633 9,659 9,201 8,815 9,345 10,250 10,584 10,420 10,600 9,975 9,096 9,359 9,261 8,431 7,807 6,908 9,044 8,405 7,979 7,795 7,912 7,832 7,691 7,191 6,457 6,197 5,847 5,450 5,281 4,518 4,331 4,374 Sicilia

Toscana 16,449 15,846 16,645 16,381 15,813 13,337 11,815 11,887 11,566 11,129 10,851 10,298 9,994 9,462 9,108 8,347 8,339 8,283 8,262 7,786 8,097 7,468 7,286 7,146 7,668 7,853 7,582 8,508 8,077 7,819 7,665 7,479 7,121 6,722 6,526 6,100 5,910 5,627 5,337 5,264 4,897 4,284 4,335 Toscana

Trentino-Alto Adige 2,135 2,171 2,221 2,196 2,242 2,104 1,988 1,917 1,783 1,721 1,612 1,658 1,547 1,492 1,390 1,382 1,429 1,429 1,479 1,409 1,387 1,375 1,436 1,430 1,508 1,484 1,434 1,866 1,732 1,649 1,515 1,502 1,397 1,409 1,284 1,243 1,247 1,219 1,160 1,143 1,091 1,055 1,080 Trentino-Alto Adige

Bolzano 907 910 945 936 864 868 860 857 739 713 698 685 638 640 552 520 595 560 650 626 570 567 579 614 556 585 530 589 540 550 606 586 523 608 526 517 563 516 524 517 532 494 521 Bolzano

Trento 1,228 1,261 1,276 1,260 1,378 1,236 1,128 1,060 1,044 1,008 914 973 909 852 838 862 834 869 829 783 817 808 857 816 952 899 904 852 853 810 909 916 874 801 758 726 684 703 636 626 559 561 559 602 Trento

Umbria 3,678 3,637 3,627 3,592 3,865 3,694 3,277 3,055 2,927 2,793 2,619 2,662 2,641 2,340 2,252 2,187 2,257 2,201 2,115 2,109 2,180 2,205 2,202 2,079 2,291 2,028 1,946 2,119 1,918 1,920 1,884 1,803 1,747 1,666 1,479 1,365 1,303 1,173 1,043 899 824 856 892 Umbria

Valle d'Aosta 612 649 625 634 622 628 550 489 477 456 332 367 340 330 262 231 325 313 305 313 322 294 297 304 294 249 267 306 240 217 242 261 246 252 208 184 174 161 145 151 116 114 139 Valle d'Aosta

Veneto 11,732 11,591 11,611 10,896 10,714 9,767 9,248 8,496 8,100 7,603 7,420 7,297 7,152 6,803 6,049 6,282 6,425 6,491 6,403 6,881 6,709 6,774 7,145 6,922 7,663 7,053 7,101 7,009 6,882 6,840 6,728 6,394 6,127 5,909 5,475 5,044 5,040 4,752 4,619 4,351 4,129 4,086 4,274 Veneto

ITALY TOTAL 183,960 215,109 228,348 228,737 226,355 203,157 187,237 177,422 173,481 164,653 159,020 155,036 147,671 141,982 133,485 128,635 134,396 136,030 134,428 134,285 130,162 126,306 123,792 117,239 129,768 121,408 117,156 126,562 121,406 118,579 115,981 111,415 107,192 102,760 97,535 87,639 84,926 80,733 76,328 73,207 66,413 63,653 65,661 ITALY TOTAL

OTHER COUNTRIES 461 554 655 620 659 576 542 516 550 661 743 993 1,207 1,362 1,718 2,212 2,225 2,443 3,258 3,703 3,651 5,044 6,372 5,824 6,544 7,169 7,664 OTHER COUNTRIES

UNKNOWN 3,705 1,092 2,005 1,704 1,363 2,444 2,055 3,441 1,510 976 1,623 1,144 946 1,442 1,278 3,970 2,304 1,693 668 720 927 723 875 1055 828 695 962 UNKNOWN

TOTAL 187,752 207,644 216,755 231,008 231,061 228,377 206,177 189,834 181,379 175,541 166,290 161,386 157,173 149,824 144,786 136,481 134,817 138,925 140,166 138,354 138,708 134,740 132,073 131,039 124,118 137,140 129,272 125,782 126,562 121,406 118,579 155,981 111,415 107,192 102,760 97,535 87,639 84,926 80,733 76,328 73,207 67,638 63,653 65,528 TOTAL

Reported live births by region, 1979-2015

region 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 region

Abruzzo 14,299 14,268 14,300 13,818 13,648 13,430 12,641 12,332 12,678 12,487 12,754 12,320 12,572 12,212 11,873 11,254 11,449 11,349 11,072 10,768 10,882 10,867 10,580 10,971 11,101 11,200 11,087 11,428 11,743 11,402 11,737 11,338 11,188 10,791 10,534 10,238 9,924 9,475 8,890 8,467 8,237 8,188 7,923 7,578 Abruzzo

Basilicata 8,574 8,544 8,671 8,277 8,180 7,915 7,581 7,749 7,671 7,710 7,708 7,172 7,327 6,731 6,405 6,237 5,966 6,094 5,739 5,645 5,662 5,439 5,472 5,265 5,297 4,908 4,958 4,873 4,923 4,729 4,612 4,483 4,480 4,101 4,123 4,122 3,963 3,890 3,685 3,592 3,473 3,288 3,148 3,123 Basilicata

Calabria 32,611 31,538 31,839 31,199 30,742 29,935 28,794 28,353 29,749 28,958 28,050 26,524 26,662 25,365 23,220 22,632 21,798 21,556 20,850 19,612 19,421 18,774 18,451 18,809 18,712 18,228 18,328 18,107 17,995 18,013 17,801 17,219 17,030 16,696 16,490 16,376 15,959 15,612 15,018 14,223 13,667 12,986 13,074 13,282 Calabria

Campania 91,883 87,817 92,690 88,395 86,420 85,501 82,555 82,366 84,424 81,869 81,298 79,372 82,370 77,453 75,481 71,437 74,760 71,972 69,664 68,669 67,181 66,587 65,068 65,194 65,102 62,599 62,279 61,800 60,742 59,646 58,212 56,520 54,839 52,785 51,243 51,005 49,432 49,788 47,912 46,876 45,075 43,309 44,619 42,925 Campania

Emilia-Romagna 30,528 29,166 28,976 28,263 27,357 26,960 25,390 25,112 26,305 26,327 27,999 27,746 28,031 27,569 27,448 27,828 29,176 30,139 30,621 31,857 33,996 34,428 35,674 35,926 38,222 38,653 39,595 40,680 42,065 42,271 41,817 40,448 39,337 38,057 36,668 35,813 34,388 33,366 32,385 30,923 29,835 29,674 29,556 28,568 Emilia-Romagna

Friuli-Venezia Giulia 9,916 9,265 9,407 8,982 9,048 8,685 8,263 7,918 8,646 8,576 8,635 8,428 8,916 8,327 8,257 8,307 8,653 8,876 9,012 9,100 9,576 9,545 9,572 9,851 10,101 10,083 10,355 10,557 10,501 10,468 10,337 9,941 9,824 9,408 9,177 8,575 8,526 8,121 7,836 7,529 7,496 7,249 7,356 6,982 Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Lazio 56,622 53,586 54,462 53,265 51,873 50,175 48,424 48,647 50,362 49,958 51,153 49,505 51,421 49,931 48,710 46,525 47,411 47,172 46,246 50,658 48,884 47,761 48,497 50,490 52,032 50,833 52,913 52,445 56,755 54,701 54,277 54,427 53,033 52,187 50,360 48,231 46,479 45,285 44,430 39,627 35,709 39,752 38,377 34,292 Lazio

Liguria 12,124 11,929 11,795 11,584 11,213 11,145 10,560 10,809 11,246 11,132 11,343 11,263 11,689 11,078 10,849 10,831 11,107 11,101 11,158 10,998 11,325 11,368 11,492 11,536 12,014 11,957 12,146 12,156 12,450 12,329 11,983 11,478 11,583 10,992 10,749 10,155 9,898 9,617 9,017 8,686 8,672 8,422 8,380 8,343 Liguria

Lombardia 87,300 83,659 83,848 81,741 78,384 77,389 73,082 72,968 76,085 75,180 77,274 74,873 77,513 76,263 74,923 75,600 78,215 81,035 80,999 82,285 85,250 85,075 86,633 87,559 92,898 92,480 95,156 96,280 98,672 98,792 97,815 94,079 91,798 88,410 86,239 84,149 79,547 77,771 75,723 73,283 69,198 68,599 67,283 65,659 Lombardia

Marche 14,283 13,700 13,622 13,163 12,580 12,616 12,192 11,733 12,136 11,898 12,411 12,085 12,174 11,730 11,373 11,650 11,479 11,996 12,154 12,190 12,449 11,969 12,610 12,745 13,249 13,305 13,597 13,902 14,487 14,466 14,085 13,856 13,196 12,633 12,363 11,904 11,107 10,522 10,021 9,566 9,326 9,156 8,720 8,797 Marche

Molise 3,974 3,974 3,895 3,810 3,738 3,694 3,536 3,593 3,618 3,483 3,407 3,426 3,428 3,229 3,131 2,964 2,846 2,885 2,846 2,776 2,671 2,567 2,600 2,611 2,549 2,527 2,461 2,507 2,507 2,360 2,511 2,375 2,332 2,269 2,213 2,181 1,764 1,945 1,756 1,777 1,547 1,599 1,614 1,661 Molise

Piemonte 39,907 38,154 38,525 36,189 34,561 34,421 32,831 32,111 33,424 32,726 33,940 32,782 33,752 33,016 32,580 32,841 33,514 34,586 34,658 34,639 35,874 34,857 35,716 36,370 37,413 37,251 37,851 38,565 39,551 39,123 38,385 37,759 37,067 35,654 34,637 32,908 31,504 30,431 28,731 27,789 26,914 26,532 25,759 25,077 Piemonte

Puglia 62,500 59,854 58,380 56,909 55,935 53,319 51,900 52,592 53,337 51,287 52,264 49,553 50,956 48,291 47,073 45,157 45,065 44,406 43,169 42,444 42,647 41,837 40,145 39,744 40,569 38,715 37,764 38,224 38,284 37,995 37,168 36,007 34,852 33,679 33,191 31,577 30,668 29,977 28,716 27,269 26,238 26,263 26,284 25,591 Puglia

Sardegna 22,970 21,766 21,340 19,773 19,368 18,979 16,787 17,609 16,801 15,588 19,138 16,261 16,103 15,486 14,612 14,265 13,877 13,837 13,242 13,600 13,865 13,432 13,155 13,571 13,124 13,226 13,256 13,383 13,470 13,508 13,538 13,032 12,444 11,872 11,473 11,082 10,447 10,058 9,287 8,852 8,215 8,162 7,623 7,242 Sardegna

Sicilia 77,256 71,778 73,660 71,245 71,504 71,387 68,592 68,891 68,895 69,945 70,495 64,502 68,996 64,873 61,000 58,063 58,479 57,629 55,313 54,879 53,152 51,890 51,234 51,899 51,728 50,791 49,940 49,186 49,837 49,217 48,083 47,130 46,314 44,494 44,876 43,307 41,397 41,151 40,080 38,477 36,863 37,065 36,689 35,489 Sicilia

Toscana 30,252 28,800 28,568 27,731 26,709 26,956 25,224 25,224 26,641 25,513 26,630 25,352 26,278 25,811 25,096 25,201 25,772 26,709 26,803 27,093 28,386 28,385 29,384 29,000 31,695 31,390 31,595 32,258 33,610 32,380 32,636 31,574 31,126 29,479 29,118 27,494 26,317 25,540 24,274 23,251 22,034 22,158 21,335 20,875 Toscana

Trentino-Alto Adige 10,104 9,773 9,970 9,553 9,248 9,272 9,028 9,116 9,336 9,344 9,650 9,609 10,039 9,666 9,705 9,774 10,149 10,409 10,330 10,594 10,562 10,424 10,275 10,345 10,902 10,719 10,602 10,680 10,885 10,588 10,835 10,565 10,567 10,394 10,379 10,173 9,896 9,701 9,519 9,352 9,096 9,227 8,796 8,484 Trentino-Alto Adige

Bolzano 5,592 5,426 5,469 5,208 5,388 5,450 5,525 5,409 5,502 5,462 5,232 5,381 5,270 5,414 5,281 5,517 5,337 5,284 5,224 5,175 5,135 5,069 5,062 4,793 4,695 Bolzano

Trento 5,002 5,136 4,955 5,067 4,957 5,452 5,194 5,193 5,178 5,423 5,356 5,454 5,295 5,153 5,113 4,862 4,836 4,612 4,477 4,344 4,217 4,027 4,165 4,003 3,789 Trento

Umbria 7,745 7,604 7,456 7,597 6,953 6,977 6,582 6,392 6,791 6,663 6,529 6,476 6,652 6,359 6,250 6,250 6,315 6,430 6,432 6,612 6,786 6,761 7,099 7,115 7,617 7,732 7,822 8,028 8,271 7,879 7,933 7,740 7,596 7,375 7,015 6,542 5,453 5,871 5,684 5,334 5,158 5,046 4,821 4,766 Umbria

Valle d'Aosta 1,040 897 978 962 918 913 902 925 1,003 926 1,011 966 987 913 989 1,002 1,097 1,012 1,085 1,103 1,171 1112 1,107 1,151 1,177 1,161 1,250 1,241 1,296 1,308 1,254 1,221 1,177 1,059 1,119 987 906 847 854 810 734 716 735 718 Valle d'Aosta

Veneto 44,028 42,041 42,296 40,480 39,181 39,564 37,108 35,825 38,708 37,698 39,072 37,960 39,350 38,284 37,690 38,246 39,612 40,855 41,450 41,720 43,299 42,204 43,434 43,911 47,097 46,264 47,055 47,633 48,615 47,682 46,925 45,393 44,403 41,973 40,629 38,961 37,976 36,940 35,392 33,804 32,831 32,901 31,976 30,438 Veneto

TOTAL ITALY 670,221 657,916 628,113 634,678 612,936 597,560 589,233 561,972 560,265 577,856 567,268 580,761 556,175 567,841 549,484 536,665 526,064 536,740 540,048 532,843 537,242 543,039 535,282 538,198 544,063 562,599 554,022 560,010 563,933 576,659 568,857 561,944 546,585 534,186 514,308 502,596 485,780 473,438 458,151 439,210 420,170 404,892 400,292 394,068 379,890 ITALY TOTAL

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region	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	region
Abruzzo		4,694	4,660	5,227	4,995	5,254	4,905	4,738	4,552	4,159	4,085	3,914	3,607	3,294	3,305	3,128	3,023	3,149	3,189	3,071	3,034	2,923	2,687	2,841	2,729	2,805	2,697	2,604	2,513	2,736	2,518	2,462	2,481	2,399	2,314	2,151	1,866	1,794	1,634	1,533	1,517	1,358	1,326	1,326		Abruzzo
Basilicata		1,620	1,903	2,319	2,364	2,616	2,468	2,416	2,426	2,142	2,288	2,037	2,046	2,059	2,004	1,730	2,024	1,679	1,618	1,540	1,490	1,295	1,358	1,234	1,092	1,240	1,042	1,066	696	776	700	688	581	610	620	631	557	564	554	513	522	430	399	459		Basilicata
Calabria		2,776	2,544	5,350	5,941	5,149	587	4,962	5,294	4,166	4,248	4,844	4,359	3,799	3,794	3,763	4,058	4,636	4,854	4,647	4,386	4,221	3,602	3,612	3,330	3,597	3,391	3,454	3,171	3,222	3,090	3,115	2,926	2,828	2,671	2,464	2,109	2,058	1,991	1,887	1,727	1,645	1,559	1,641		Calabria
Campania		7,583	12,549	15,959	16,120	15,936	14,418	14,862	16,568	15,883	14,818	14,082	13,897	13,942	13,318	13,592	14,171	14,113	13,897	13,917	14,067	13,281	12,621	10,082	4,788	12,478	10,821	9,228	11,539	11,072	12,183	11,181	10,592	10,441	9,974	10,259	8,284	7,560	7,070	6,696	6,617	5,943	5,810	6,065		Campania
Emilia-Romagna		18,955	20,690	20,187	19,479	18,676	16,726	15,214	14,450	13,176	12,650	12,007	11,750	10,863	10,722	9,120	9,375	9,659	9,549	9,755	9,774	9,670	9,521	9,782	9,662	10,136	9,799	9,769	11,274	11,124	10,827	10,772	10,214	9,705	9,161	8,473	7,848	7,688	7,130	6,874	6,512	6,025	5,701	6,019		Emilia-Romagna
Friuli-Venezia Giulia		4,853	4,585	4,687	4,463	4,402	3,878	3,601	3,368	3,230	3,062	2,969	2,761	2,510	2,417	2,189	2,075	2,080	2,084	2,084	2,142	2,010	2,018	2,018	2,043	2,199	1,961	1,864	2,180	2,124	2,075	1,970	1,854	1,828	1,744	1,609	1,488	1,436	1,361	1,378	1,330	1,251	1,219	1,181		Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Lazio		20,473	20,058	22,876	24,511	24,176	21,925	21,546	18,812	19,723	19,306	18,553	17,512	16,796	16,935	14,888	10,322	13,125	14,456	14,466	14,774	13,799	13,781	14,140	13,603	14,660	13,854	13,638	14,716	13,657	13,290	12,870	12,079	11,855	11,301	10,415	9,617	9,032	8,666	8,287	7,736	7,446	6,929	7,049		Lazio
Liguria		8,519	8,204	8,098	7,791	7,651	6,916	6,286	5,903	5,520	4,962	4,899	4,669	4,492	4,209	4,240	3,827	4,081	3,914	3,998	3,853	3,775	3,721	3,671	3,791	3,936	3,642	3,596	3,526	3,336	3,219	3,455	3,337	3,184	3,109	2,908	2,700	2,669	2,399	2,257	2,244	2,056	1,976	2,117		Liguria
Lombardia		32,811	36,553	38,402	36,796	35,903	32,678	30,008	28,626	27,108	25,382	24,682	23,561	22,519	21,186	20,376	19,856	19,804	20,399	20,238	20,897	20,044	20,456	20,028	21,312	22,179	20,537	20,184	21,715	20,368	19,646	18,959	18,264	17,133	16,778	15,912	14,304	14,111	13,742	12,915	12,367	10,720	10,747	11,205		Lombardia
Marche		4,931	5,375	5,448	5,415	5,337	4,738	4,182	3,758	3,444	3,170	3,094	2,927	2,887	2,806	2,305	2,159	2,598	2,644	2,616	2,557	2,496	2,485	2,592	2,654	2,612	2,556	2,480	2,562	2,453	2,458	2,409	2,313	2,189	2,050	1,840	1,688	1,618	1,504	1,537	1,389	1,351	1,124	1,272		Marche
Molise		960	1,032	1,164	1,224	1,249	1,325	1,210	1,263	1,161	1,157	1,154	1,160	1,168	1,100	1,016	1,007	959	973	810	834	784	643	705	614	660	562	633	674	611	666	575	457	461	415	410	356	398	380	338	288	258	242	272		Molise
Piemonte		21,935	22,011	19,128	19,088	20,012	17,158	8,462	5,967	11,200	8,160	8,178	10,179	9,123	8,302	8,713	7,947	9,438	9,865	9,942	9,671	10,245	9,825	9,987	9,696	10,406	9,876	9,862	10,444	10,174	9,485	9,670	9,267	8,848	8,452	7,856	6,917	6,805	6,622	6,391	6,119	5,637	5,361	5,306		Piemonte
Puglia		22,988	23,914	25,227	28,112	28,628	26,566	25,073	23,509	21,028	22,077	20,977	20,095	19,098	18,889	17,212	17,476	16,918	16,285	15,596	14,982	14,287	13,863	12,946	12,366	12,514	11,848	11,309	10,453	9,962	9,682	9,711	9,409	9,010	8,443	8,514	7,574	7,461	7,085	6,354	6,162	5,325	5,152	5,316		Puglia
Sardegna		5,251	5,034	5,034	4,379	4,592	4,764	3,963	3,666	3,952	3,835	3,385	3,598	3,788	3,367	3,337	3,541	3,132	3,002	2,764	2,726	2,662	2,513	2,429	2,417	2,491	2,348	2,231	2,247	2,537	2,316	2,315	2,290	2,231	2,079	1,930	1,938	1,861	1,816	1,614	1,588	1,393	1,382	1,339		Sardegna
Sicilia		10,523	12,103	14,513	14,360	13,518	14,575	13,836	13,416	12,736	11,751	11,411	10,633	9,659	9,201	8,815	9,345	10,250	10,584	10,420	10,600	9,975	9,096	9,359	9,261	8,431	7,807	6,908	9,044	8,405	7,979	7,795	7,912	7,832	7,691	7,191	6,457	6,197	5,847	5,450	5,281	4,518	4,331	4,374		Sicilia
Toscana		16,449	15,846	16,645	16,381	15,813	13,337	11,815	11,887	11,566	11,129	10,851	10,298	9,994	9,462	9,108	8,347	8,339	8,283	8,262	7,786	8,097	7,468	7,286	7,146	7,668	7,853	7,582	8,508	8,077	7,819	7,665	7,479	7,121	6,722	6,526	6,100	5,910	5,627	5,337	5,264	4,897	4,284	4,335		Toscana
Trentino-Alto Adige		2,135	2,171	2,221	2,196	2,242	2,104	1,988	1,917	1,783	1,721	1,612	1,658	1,547	1,492	1,390	1,382	1,429	1,429	1,479	1,409	1,387	1,375	1,436	1,430	1,508	1,484	1,434	1,866	1,732	1,649	1,515	1,502	1,397	1,409	1,284	1,243	1,247	1,219	1,160	1,143	1,091	1,055	1,080		Trentino-Alto Adige
Bolzano		907	910	945	936	864	868	860	857	739	713	698	685	638	640	552	520	595	560	650	626	570	567	579	614	556	585	530	589	540	550	606	586	523	608	526	517	563	516	524	517	532	494	521		Bolzano
Trento		1,228	1,261	1,276	1,260	1,378	1,236	1,128	1,060	1,044	1,008	914	973	909	852	838	862	834	869	829	783	817	808	857	816	952	899	904	852	853	810	909	916	874	801	758	726	684	703	636	626	559	561	559	602	Trento
Umbria		3,678	3,637	3,627	3,592	3,865	3,694	3,277	3,055	2,927	2,793	2,619	2,662	2,641	2,340	2,252	2,187	2,257	2,201	2,115	2,109	2,180	2,205	2,202	2,079	2,291	2,028	1,946	2,119	1,918	1,920	1,884	1,803	1,747	1,666	1,479	1,365	1,303	1,173	1,043	899	824	856	892		Umbria
Valle d'Aosta		612	649	625	634	622	628	550	489	477	456	332	367	340	330	262	231	325	313	305	313	322	294	297	304	294	249	267	306	240	217	242	261	246	252	208	184	174	161	145	151	116	114	139		Valle d'Aosta
Veneto		11,732	11,591	11,611	10,896	10,714	9,767	9,248	8,496	8,100	7,603	7,420	7,297	7,152	6,803	6,049	6,282	6,425	6,491	6,403	6,881	6,709	6,774	7,145	6,922	7,663	7,053	7,101	7,009	6,882	6,840	6,728	6,394	6,127	5,909	5,475	5,044	5,040	4,752	4,619	4,351	4,129	4,086	4,274		Veneto
ITALY TOTAL		183,960	215,109	228,348	228,737	226,355	203,157	187,237	177,422	173,481	164,653	159,020	155,036	147,671	141,982	133,485	128,635	134,396	136,030	134,428	134,285	130,162	126,306	123,792	117,239	129,768	121,408	117,156	126,562	121,406	118,579	115,981	111,415	107,192	102,760	97,535	87,639	84,926	80,733	76,328	73,207	66,413	63,653	65,661		ITALY TOTAL
OTHER COUNTRIES		461	554	655	620	659	576	542	516	550	661	743	993	1,207	1,362	1,718	2,212	2,225	2,443	3,258	3,703	3,651	5,044	6,372	5,824	6,544	7,169	7,664																		OTHER COUNTRIES
UNKNOWN		3,705	1,092	2,005	1,704	1,363	2,444	2,055	3,441	1,510	976	1,623	1,144	946	1,442	1,278	3,970	2,304	1,693	668	720	927	723	875	1055	828	695	962																		UNKNOWN
TOTAL	187,752	207,644	216,755	231,008	231,061	228,377	206,177	189,834	181,379	175,541	166,290	161,386	157,173	149,824	144,786	136,481	134,817	138,925	140,166	138,354	138,708	134,740	132,073	131,039	124,118	137,140	129,272	125,782	126,562	121,406	118,579	155,981	111,415	107,192	102,760	97,535	87,639	84,926	80,733	76,328	73,207	67,638	63,653	65,528		TOTAL

region	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	region
Abruzzo		14,299	14,268	14,300	13,818	13,648	13,430	12,641	12,332	12,678	12,487	12,754	12,320	12,572	12,212	11,873	11,254	11,449	11,349	11,072	10,768	10,882	10,867	10,580	10,971	11,101	11,200	11,087	11,428	11,743	11,402	11,737	11,338	11,188	10,791	10,534	10,238	9,924	9,475	8,890	8,467	8,237	8,188	7,923	7,578	Abruzzo
Basilicata		8,574	8,544	8,671	8,277	8,180	7,915	7,581	7,749	7,671	7,710	7,708	7,172	7,327	6,731	6,405	6,237	5,966	6,094	5,739	5,645	5,662	5,439	5,472	5,265	5,297	4,908	4,958	4,873	4,923	4,729	4,612	4,483	4,480	4,101	4,123	4,122	3,963	3,890	3,685	3,592	3,473	3,288	3,148	3,123	Basilicata
Calabria		32,611	31,538	31,839	31,199	30,742	29,935	28,794	28,353	29,749	28,958	28,050	26,524	26,662	25,365	23,220	22,632	21,798	21,556	20,850	19,612	19,421	18,774	18,451	18,809	18,712	18,228	18,328	18,107	17,995	18,013	17,801	17,219	17,030	16,696	16,490	16,376	15,959	15,612	15,018	14,223	13,667	12,986	13,074	13,282	Calabria
Campania		91,883	87,817	92,690	88,395	86,420	85,501	82,555	82,366	84,424	81,869	81,298	79,372	82,370	77,453	75,481	71,437	74,760	71,972	69,664	68,669	67,181	66,587	65,068	65,194	65,102	62,599	62,279	61,800	60,742	59,646	58,212	56,520	54,839	52,785	51,243	51,005	49,432	49,788	47,912	46,876	45,075	43,309	44,619	42,925	Campania
Emilia-Romagna		30,528	29,166	28,976	28,263	27,357	26,960	25,390	25,112	26,305	26,327	27,999	27,746	28,031	27,569	27,448	27,828	29,176	30,139	30,621	31,857	33,996	34,428	35,674	35,926	38,222	38,653	39,595	40,680	42,065	42,271	41,817	40,448	39,337	38,057	36,668	35,813	34,388	33,366	32,385	30,923	29,835	29,674	29,556	28,568	Emilia-Romagna
Friuli-Venezia Giulia		9,916	9,265	9,407	8,982	9,048	8,685	8,263	7,918	8,646	8,576	8,635	8,428	8,916	8,327	8,257	8,307	8,653	8,876	9,012	9,100	9,576	9,545	9,572	9,851	10,101	10,083	10,355	10,557	10,501	10,468	10,337	9,941	9,824	9,408	9,177	8,575	8,526	8,121	7,836	7,529	7,496	7,249	7,356	6,982	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Lazio		56,622	53,586	54,462	53,265	51,873	50,175	48,424	48,647	50,362	49,958	51,153	49,505	51,421	49,931	48,710	46,525	47,411	47,172	46,246	50,658	48,884	47,761	48,497	50,490	52,032	50,833	52,913	52,445	56,755	54,701	54,277	54,427	53,033	52,187	50,360	48,231	46,479	45,285	44,430	39,627	35,709	39,752	38,377	34,292	Lazio
Liguria		12,124	11,929	11,795	11,584	11,213	11,145	10,560	10,809	11,246	11,132	11,343	11,263	11,689	11,078	10,849	10,831	11,107	11,101	11,158	10,998	11,325	11,368	11,492	11,536	12,014	11,957	12,146	12,156	12,450	12,329	11,983	11,478	11,583	10,992	10,749	10,155	9,898	9,617	9,017	8,686	8,672	8,422	8,380	8,343	Liguria
Lombardia		87,300	83,659	83,848	81,741	78,384	77,389	73,082	72,968	76,085	75,180	77,274	74,873	77,513	76,263	74,923	75,600	78,215	81,035	80,999	82,285	85,250	85,075	86,633	87,559	92,898	92,480	95,156	96,280	98,672	98,792	97,815	94,079	91,798	88,410	86,239	84,149	79,547	77,771	75,723	73,283	69,198	68,599	67,283	65,659	Lombardia
Marche		14,283	13,700	13,622	13,163	12,580	12,616	12,192	11,733	12,136	11,898	12,411	12,085	12,174	11,730	11,373	11,650	11,479	11,996	12,154	12,190	12,449	11,969	12,610	12,745	13,249	13,305	13,597	13,902	14,487	14,466	14,085	13,856	13,196	12,633	12,363	11,904	11,107	10,522	10,021	9,566	9,326	9,156	8,720	8,797	Marche
Molise		3,974	3,974	3,895	3,810	3,738	3,694	3,536	3,593	3,618	3,483	3,407	3,426	3,428	3,229	3,131	2,964	2,846	2,885	2,846	2,776	2,671	2,567	2,600	2,611	2,549	2,527	2,461	2,507	2,507	2,360	2,511	2,375	2,332	2,269	2,213	2,181	1,764	1,945	1,756	1,777	1,547	1,599	1,614	1,661	Molise
Piemonte		39,907	38,154	38,525	36,189	34,561	34,421	32,831	32,111	33,424	32,726	33,940	32,782	33,752	33,016	32,580	32,841	33,514	34,586	34,658	34,639	35,874	34,857	35,716	36,370	37,413	37,251	37,851	38,565	39,551	39,123	38,385	37,759	37,067	35,654	34,637	32,908	31,504	30,431	28,731	27,789	26,914	26,532	25,759	25,077	Piemonte
Puglia		62,500	59,854	58,380	56,909	55,935	53,319	51,900	52,592	53,337	51,287	52,264	49,553	50,956	48,291	47,073	45,157	45,065	44,406	43,169	42,444	42,647	41,837	40,145	39,744	40,569	38,715	37,764	38,224	38,284	37,995	37,168	36,007	34,852	33,679	33,191	31,577	30,668	29,977	28,716	27,269	26,238	26,263	26,284	25,591	Puglia
Sardegna		22,970	21,766	21,340	19,773	19,368	18,979	16,787	17,609	16,801	15,588	19,138	16,261	16,103	15,486	14,612	14,265	13,877	13,837	13,242	13,600	13,865	13,432	13,155	13,571	13,124	13,226	13,256	13,383	13,470	13,508	13,538	13,032	12,444	11,872	11,473	11,082	10,447	10,058	9,287	8,852	8,215	8,162	7,623	7,242	Sardegna
Sicilia		77,256	71,778	73,660	71,245	71,504	71,387	68,592	68,891	68,895	69,945	70,495	64,502	68,996	64,873	61,000	58,063	58,479	57,629	55,313	54,879	53,152	51,890	51,234	51,899	51,728	50,791	49,940	49,186	49,837	49,217	48,083	47,130	46,314	44,494	44,876	43,307	41,397	41,151	40,080	38,477	36,863	37,065	36,689	35,489	Sicilia
Toscana		30,252	28,800	28,568	27,731	26,709	26,956	25,224	25,224	26,641	25,513	26,630	25,352	26,278	25,811	25,096	25,201	25,772	26,709	26,803	27,093	28,386	28,385	29,384	29,000	31,695	31,390	31,595	32,258	33,610	32,380	32,636	31,574	31,126	29,479	29,118	27,494	26,317	25,540	24,274	23,251	22,034	22,158	21,335	20,875	Toscana
Trentino-Alto Adige		10,104	9,773	9,970	9,553	9,248	9,272	9,028	9,116	9,336	9,344	9,650	9,609	10,039	9,666	9,705	9,774	10,149	10,409	10,330	10,594	10,562	10,424	10,275	10,345	10,902	10,719	10,602	10,680	10,885	10,588	10,835	10,565	10,567	10,394	10,379	10,173	9,896	9,701	9,519	9,352	9,096	9,227	8,796	8,484	Trentino-Alto Adige
Bolzano																					5,592	5,426	5,469	5,208	5,388	5,450	5,525	5,409	5,502	5,462	5,232	5,381	5,270	5,414	5,281	5,517	5,337	5,284	5,224	5,175	5,135	5,069	5,062	4,793	4,695	Bolzano
Trento																					5,002	5,136	4,955	5,067	4,957	5,452	5,194	5,193	5,178	5,423	5,356	5,454	5,295	5,153	5,113	4,862	4,836	4,612	4,477	4,344	4,217	4,027	4,165	4,003	3,789	Trento
Umbria		7,745	7,604	7,456	7,597	6,953	6,977	6,582	6,392	6,791	6,663	6,529	6,476	6,652	6,359	6,250	6,250	6,315	6,430	6,432	6,612	6,786	6,761	7,099	7,115	7,617	7,732	7,822	8,028	8,271	7,879	7,933	7,740	7,596	7,375	7,015	6,542	5,453	5,871	5,684	5,334	5,158	5,046	4,821	4,766	Umbria
Valle d'Aosta		1,040	897	978	962	918	913	902	925	1,003	926	1,011	966	987	913	989	1,002	1,097	1,012	1,085	1,103	1,171	1112	1,107	1,151	1,177	1,161	1,250	1,241	1,296	1,308	1,254	1,221	1,177	1,059	1,119	987	906	847	854	810	734	716	735	718	Valle d'Aosta
Veneto		44,028	42,041	42,296	40,480	39,181	39,564	37,108	35,825	38,708	37,698	39,072	37,960	39,350	38,284	37,690	38,246	39,612	40,855	41,450	41,720	43,299	42,204	43,434	43,911	47,097	46,264	47,055	47,633	48,615	47,682	46,925	45,393	44,403	41,973	40,629	38,961	37,976	36,940	35,392	33,804	32,831	32,901	31,976	30,438	Veneto
TOTAL ITALY	670,221	657,916	628,113	634,678	612,936	597,560	589,233	561,972	560,265	577,856	567,268	580,761	556,175	567,841	549,484	536,665	526,064	536,740	540,048	532,843	537,242	543,039	535,282	538,198	544,063	562,599	554,022	560,010	563,933	576,659	568,857	561,944	546,585	534,186	514,308	502,596	485,780	473,438	458,151	439,210	420,170	404,892	400,292	394,068	379,890	ITALY TOTAL