Italy · region
Marche population 2026
Marche has 1,480,545 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 2,201 fewer than a year earlier (−0.15%). It is 13th of Italy’s 20 regions by population, home to 2.5% of Italy’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 1.5 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Marche in numbers
- Population
- 1.5 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- −0.15% −2,201 people
- Change since 2020
- −2.12% from 1.5 million
- Share of Italy
- 2.5% 13th of 20 regions
- Population density
- 153per km² 9,694 km²
That is about as many people as Trinidad and Tobago (1.5 million).
Population of Marche by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,550,010 |
| 2013 | 1,551,668 |
| 2014 | 1,549,478 |
| 2015 | 1,545,869 |
| 2016 | 1,538,442 |
| 2017 | 1,532,460 |
| 2018 | 1,526,331 |
| 2019 | 1,520,321 |
| 2020 | 1,512,672 |
| 2021 | 1,498,236 |
| 2022 | 1,487,150 |
| 2023 | 1,484,298 |
| 2024 | 1,482,746 |
| 2025 | 1,480,545 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,480,545 | −2,201 | −0.15% |
| 2024 | 1,482,746 | −1,552 | −0.10% |
| 2023 | 1,484,298 | −2,852 | −0.19% |
| 2022 | 1,487,150 | −11,086 | −0.74% |
| 2021 | 1,498,236 | −14,436 | −0.95% |
| 2020 | 1,512,672 | −7,649 | −0.50% |
| 2019 | 1,520,321 | −6,010 | −0.39% |
| 2018 | 1,526,331 | −6,129 | −0.40% |
| 2017 | 1,532,460 | −5,982 | −0.39% |
| 2016 | 1,538,442 | −7,427 | −0.48% |
| 2015 | 1,545,869 | −3,609 | −0.23% |
| 2014 | 1,549,478 | −2,190 | −0.14% |
| 2013 | 1,551,668 | +1,658 | +0.11% |
| 2012 | 1,550,010 | – | – |
Marche among Italy’s regions
Full ranking →| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lombardy | 10,033,918 | +0.22% | 17.0% | 421 |
| 2 | Lazio | 5,709,178 | −0.10% | 9.7% | 331 |
| 3 | Campania | 5,582,337 | −0.21% | 9.5% | 408 |
| 4 | Veneto | 4,853,472 | +0.03% | 8.2% | 265 |
| 5 | Sicily | 4,787,390 | −0.21% | 8.1% | 186 |
| 6 | Emilia-Romagna | 4,461,998 | +0.23% | 7.6% | 202 |
| 7 | Piedmont | 4,251,868 | +0.01% | 7.2% | 168 |
| 8 | Apulia | 3,877,395 | −0.34% | 6.6% | 198 |
| 9 | Tuscany | 3,657,716 | −0.08% | 6.2% | 159 |
| 10 | Calabria | 1,834,646 | −0.21% | 3.1% | 121 |
| 11 | Sardinia | 1,562,381 | −0.51% | 2.7% | 65 |
| 12 | Liguria | 1,510,143 | +0.07% | 2.6% | 279 |
| 13 | Marche | 1,480,545 | −0.15% | 2.5% | 153 |
| 14 | Abruzzo | 1,269,118 | −0.04% | 2.2% | 117 |
| 15 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 1,193,284 | −0.11% | 2.0% | 152 |
| 16 | Trentino-South Tyrol | 1,086,252 | +0.33% | 1.8% | 80 |
| 17 | Umbria | 851,473 | −0.19% | 1.4% | 101 |
| 18 | Basilicata | 530,004 | −0.61% | 0.9% | 53 |
| 19 | Molise | 287,814 | −0.49% | 0.5% | 65 |
| 20 | Aosta Valley | 122,532 | −0.28% | 0.2% | 38 |
Largest cities in Marche
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Ancona89,994
- Pesaro77,241
- Fano60,978
- San Benedetto del Tronto45,873
- Civitanova Marche42,251
- Ascoli Piceno41,741
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Source and method
Eurostat, population on 1 January by NUTS region (demo_r_d2jan). Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0). Total area, Wikidata. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for Italy, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.
Cite this page: Marche population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/italy/marche/
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