Northwest Italy

Northwest Italy ( or just ) 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:

Aosta Valley Liguria Lombardy Piedmont

Geography 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

Region Capital Population (2026)Area (km2)Density (inh./km2)Aosta122,5543,260.9037.6Genoa1,511,9885,416.21279.2Milan10,065,69423,863.65421.8Turin4,255,00625,387.07167.6

Demographics 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%.

Largest cities

Below is the list of the most populous cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants: City Region Population (2026)Milan1,362,863Turin855,654Genoa566,247Brescia201,342Monza123,672Bergamo120,629Novara103,238Alessandria93,409La Spezia92,610Busto Arsizio84,595Como83,035Varese79,100Sesto San Giovanni78,850Cinisello Balsamo75,154Asti73,604Pavia71,811Cremona71,093Vigevano63,480Legnano60,980Savona58,421Cuneo55,747Moncalieri55,442Sanremo53,157Gallarate53,023Rho 51,000Mantua50,215

Immigration As of 2025, immigrants make up 14.4% of the population. The 5 largest foreign countries of birth are Romania, Albania, Morocco, Egypt, and Ukraine.

Economy 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.

Northwest Italy

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