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Sicily population 2026
Sicilia
Sicily has 4,787,390 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 9,969 fewer than a year earlier (−0.21%). It is 5th of Italy’s 20 regions by population, home to 8.1% of Italy’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 4.8 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Sicily in numbers
- Population
- 4.8 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- −0.21% −9,969 people
- Change since 2020
- −1.80% from 4.9 million
- Share of Italy
- 8.1% 5th of 20 regions
- Population density
- 186per km² 25,711 km²
That is about as many people as Panama (4.6 million).
Population of Sicily by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,061,946 |
| 2013 | 5,053,540 |
| 2014 | 5,041,754 |
| 2015 | 5,028,266 |
| 2016 | 5,004,400 |
| 2017 | 4,977,900 |
| 2018 | 4,942,188 |
| 2019 | 4,908,548 |
| 2020 | 4,875,290 |
| 2021 | 4,833,705 |
| 2022 | 4,833,329 |
| 2023 | 4,814,016 |
| 2024 | 4,797,359 |
| 2025 | 4,787,390 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,787,390 | −9,969 | −0.21% |
| 2024 | 4,797,359 | −16,657 | −0.35% |
| 2023 | 4,814,016 | −19,313 | −0.40% |
| 2022 | 4,833,329 | −376 | −0.01% |
| 2021 | 4,833,705 | −41,585 | −0.85% |
| 2020 | 4,875,290 | −33,258 | −0.68% |
| 2019 | 4,908,548 | −33,640 | −0.68% |
| 2018 | 4,942,188 | −35,712 | −0.72% |
| 2017 | 4,977,900 | −26,500 | −0.53% |
| 2016 | 5,004,400 | −23,866 | −0.47% |
| 2015 | 5,028,266 | −13,488 | −0.27% |
| 2014 | 5,041,754 | −11,786 | −0.23% |
| 2013 | 5,053,540 | −8,406 | −0.17% |
| 2012 | 5,061,946 | – | – |
Sicily 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 Sicily
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Palermo648,260
- Catania311,584
- Messina219,948
- Siracusa121,605
- Marsala77,915
- Gela75,001
Air quality in Sicily today
Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.
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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: Sicily population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/italy/sicily/
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