The metropolitan areas of Italy are statistical areas denoting a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories in Italy. Despite their sociodemographic importance, there is no legal recognition for these areas, which are defined statistically.
Functional urban areas according to OECD
This is a list of FUAs in Italy with a population of at least 500.000 according to OECD (2024).
CityPopulationArea(km2)Density(inh./km2)GDP 2021(million USD, PPP)GDP per capita 2021(USD, PPP) Milan4.981.421 3.115 1.599 384.897 77.534 Rome4.306.158 6.160 699 254.663 59.216 Naples3.286.043 1.285 2.557 104.730 31.420 Turin1.707.875 1.703 1.003 93.004 54.257 Palermo980.315 1.492 657 31.034 31.362 Bologna788.247 2.032 388 52.408 66.433 Florence786.394 1.850 425 48.408 61.826 Bari722.372 1.127 641 26.718 37.050 Genoa681.255 1.195 570 38.099 56.002 Catania640.313 610 1.049 19.436 30.754 Venice 545.623 661 825 26.224 47.544 Padua535.96361487330.48857.131Verona515.38073270428.83255.961
Functional urban areas according to Eurostat This is a list of FUAs in Italy with a population of at least 500.000 according to Eurostat (2024). CityPopulationMilan5.071.521Rome4.383.028Naples3.377.568Turin1.776.003Palermo993.319Bologna867.584Catania826.116Florence792.929Genoa685.380Bari684.089Padua562.386Verona559.770Bergamo548.697Venice545.496
Metropolitan areas according to older studies
Data by OECD (2010)
CityPop. World RankPopulationArea(km2)Density(inh./km2)GDP 2010(million USD) GDP per capita 2010(USD) Bari 200 744,564 1,100.98 676.88 12,166.99 21,053.84 Bologna 195 778,849 2,036.19 376.00 28,942.43 38,835.60 Catania 229 656,610 609.35 1,028.40 11,189.23 17,943.80 Florence 190 807,673 1,737.87 486.12 24,888.82 34,416.56 Genoa 203 706,159 1,113.59 633.10 22,109.58 30,872.44 Milan 24 4,060,624 2,637.77 1,539.41 180,506.08 44,452.79 Naples 32 3,552,568 1,558.57 2,279.37 61,820.42 17,401.62 Palermo 145 1,035,921 835.58 1,120.08 18,492.21 19,758.31 Rome 26 4,008,095 5,686.46 704.84 142,053.82 35,441.73 Turin 72 1,747,614 1,781.34 981.06 54,538.34 31,207.31 Venice 259 541,969 1,089.17 497.59 17,097.93 31,547.79
Data by Global MetroMonitor (2012) CityPopulationGDP 2012(million USD)GDP per capita 2012(USD)Employment Bologna 836,014 32.8 39,194 441,099 Florence 1,490,636 51.6 34,640 710,932 Genoa 911,726 30.1 33,003 381,883 Milan 7,626,467 289.3 37,938 3,588,796 Naples 4,460,993 83.6 18,749 1,286,022 Rome 4,328,236 167.8 38,765 2,086,794 Turin 2,338,339 76.6 32,775 1,071,747 Venice-Padua 1,642,986 57.9 35,252 769,887
Urban Outlook 2015 by CityRailways
CityPopulationJanuary 1, 2014Area(km2)Density(inh./km2) Milan 6,623,798 4,450.11 1,488 Naples 5,294,546 3,116.52 1,699 Rome 4,447,881 3,340.41 1,332 Turin 1,865,284 1,328.40 1,404 Venice-Padua 1,645,900 2,063.44 768 Florence 1,485,030 2,124.22 699 Bari 1,257,459 2,194.62 573 Palermo 1,183,084 1,237.26 956 Catania 988,240 771.32 1,281 Brescia 924,090 1,287.18 718 Genoa 861,318 721.81 1,193 Messina-Reggio Calabria 828,507 1,405.42 590 Rimini 748,352 927.20 807 Bologna 692,710 1,034.18 670 Modena 588,998 964.48 611 Verona 583,069 862.26 676 Pisa-Livorno 571,559 1,079.84 529 Pescara 529,070 979.88 540 Versilia 522,092 696.73 749 Vicenza 480,392 691.38 695 Cagliari 452,816 895.28 506 Taranto 439,730 1,000.65 439 Trieste 409,905 572.58 716 Ancona 408,358 854.48 478 Perugia 348,952 1,135.07 307 Lecce 345,476 768.65 449 Reggio nell'Emilia 307,817 658.75 467 Parma 305,826 682.46 448
See also Metropolitan cities of Italy List of cities in Italy List of metropolitan areas in Europe
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