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Northwest Italy

Coordinates: 45°30′N 9°00′E / 45.500°N 9.000°E / 45.500; 9.000
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Northwest Italy
Italia nord-occidentale (Italian)
Nord-ovest (Italian)
Statistical region
Map of Italy, highlighting Northwest Italy, highlighting central Italy
Country Italy
Regions
Area
[1]
 • Total
57,927.83 km2 (22,366.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2026)[2][3]
 • Total
15,955,242
 • Density275.4331/km2 (713.3685/sq mi)
Languages 
 – Official languageItalian
 – Official linguistic minorities[4]
 – Regional languages

Northwest Italy (Italian: Italia nord-occidentale or just Nord-ovest) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency. Northwest encompasses four of the country's 20 regions:

Geography

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It borders to the west with France via the Western Alps, to the north with Switzerland via the Central Alps, to the east with the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna belonging to Northeast Italy and to the south with the Ligurian Sea and the extreme offshoot of Tuscany in Central Italy. Northwest Italy includes a large part of the Po Valley and is crossed by the Po river, the longest in Italy.

Regions

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Region Capital Population

(2026)[5][6]

Area

(km2)[1]

Density

(inh./km2)

Aosta Valley Aosta 122,554 3,260.90 37.6
Liguria Genoa 1,511,988 5,416.21 279.2
Lombardy Milan 10,065,694 23,863.65 421.8
Piedmont Turin 4,255,006 25,387.07 167.6

Demographics

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As of 2026, the population is 15,955,242, of which 49.2% are male, and 50.8% are female. Minors make up 14.4% of the population, and seniors make up 25.5%.[7][8]

Largest cities

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Milan
Turin
Genoa
Brescia

Below is the list of the most populous cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants:[11][12]

City Region Population

(2026)[13][14]

Milan Lombardy 1,362,863
Turin Piedmont 855,654
Genoa Liguria 566,247
Brescia Lombardy 201,342
Monza Lombardy 123,672
Bergamo Lombardy 120,629
Novara Piedmont 103,238
Alessandria Piedmont 93,409
La Spezia Liguria 92,610
Busto Arsizio Lombardy 84,595
Como Lombardy 83,035
Varese Lombardy 79,100
Sesto San Giovanni Lombardy 78,850
Cinisello Balsamo Lombardy 75,154
Asti Piedmont 73,604
Pavia Lombardy 71,811
Cremona Lombardy 71,093
Vigevano Lombardy 63,480
Legnano Lombardy 60,980
Savona Liguria 58,421
Cuneo Piedmont 55,747
Moncalieri Piedmont 55,442
Sanremo Liguria 53,157
Gallarate Lombardy 53,023
Rho Lombardy 51,000
Mantua Lombardy 50,215

Immigration

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As of 2025, of the known countries of birth of 15,619,008 residents, the most numerous are: Italy (13,628,407 – 87.3%), Romania (264,772 – 1.7%), Albania (201,090 – 1.3%), Morocco (199,413 – 1.3%), Egypt (133,153 – 0.9%), Peru (89,483 – 0.6%).[15][16]

Economy

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The gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 580.3 billion euro in 2018, accounting for 32.9% of Italy's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 35,900 euro or 119% of the EU27 average in the same year.[17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011" (in Italian). ISTAT.
  2. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026. (On the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)
  3. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.The file URL linking on technical dataset.
  4. ^ "Legge 482". Webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026. (On the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)
  6. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.The file URL linking on technical dataset.
  7. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026. (On the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)
  8. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.The file URL linking on technical dataset.
  9. ^ "Popolazione residente dei comuni. Censimenti dal 1861 al 1991" [Resident population of the municipalities. Censuses from 1861 to 1991] (PDF) (in Italian). ISTAT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Resident population - Time series". ISTAT.
  11. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026. (On the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)
  12. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.The file URL linking on technical dataset.
  13. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026. (On the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)
  14. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.The file URL linking on technical dataset.
  15. ^ "Resident population by sex, municipality and individual citizenship or country of birth from year 2002". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025. (Click on 'View by country of birth', and on the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)
  16. ^ "Resident population by sex, municipality and individual citizenship or country of birth from year 2002". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.The file URL linking on technical dataset.
  17. ^ "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat.

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