Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
Population register, demographic statistics and life conditions
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
Viale Liegi 13
00198 Rome
ITALY
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
31 January 2025
2.2. Metadata last posted
31 January 2025
2.3. Metadata last update
13 February 2025
3.1. Data description
Data and metadata are transmitted to Eurostat by the Member States in the framework of the Unified Demographic Data Collection which is in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 and their implementing regulations.
The regional breakdown of the Member States in the regional demographic tables is done under the most recent NUTS classification.
There are agreements between Eurostat and Candidate countries as well as between Eurostat and EFTA countries, for which statistical regions have been coded in a way that resembles NUTS.
For more information on the versions in force, please see: Eurostat NUTS.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Not applicable.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
3.4.1 Statistical concepts and definitions used in the statistics transmitted to Eurostat
1.Usually Resident Population
2. Legal Residence Population
3. Registered Residence Population
4. Other
Population
X
Live births
X
Deaths
X
Immigrants
X
Emigrants
X
Acquisitions of citizenship
X
Loss of citizenship
Not available.
Legally induced abortions
X
Late foetal deaths
Not available.
Infant deaths
X
Marriages
X
Divorces
X
3.4.2 Statistical concepts and definitions used in the statistics disseminated in the National Statistical Institute's website
Population
As far as population is concerned it is obtained from the Census results of the Permanent Population Census. It is based on the combination of sample surveys and data from administrative sources; it is carried out every year and it is included in the Integrated System of Statistical Registers managed by the ISTAT. The fulcrum of the whole system is the Basic Register of Individuals (RBI) which constitutes the basic infrastructure for the production of demographic statistics and the universe for the extraction of the surveys’ samples envisaged for the Permanent Census (see Census Law and Plan General Census) and all samples surveys on families. The RBI is “consolidated” annually with reference to 31 December. This consolidation is achieved through a demographic accounting model (MIDEA - Micro-DEmographic Accounting) based on the count of microdata (data on births, deaths and internal and international migration).
The alignment with the Census data takes place following an adjustment of the over- and under-coverage of the RBI by means of the life-signal methodology developed by the Permanent Census using an integrated repository of administrative sources (AIDA). The ‘adjusted’ RBI ensures the alignment of the Census data with the population statistics data and provides timely estimates of key population outputs.
Live births
Live birth means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a result of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached: each result of such a birth is considered live-born, regardless of gestational age.
Deaths
Death means the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place (postnatal cessation of vital functions without capability of resuscitation).
Immigrants
Persons establishing their usual residence in Italy for a period that is expected to be of at least 12 months, having previously been usually resident in another Member State or a third country.
Emigrants
Persons establishing their usual residence abroad for a period that is expected to be of at least 12 months, having previously been usually resident in Italy.
Acquisitions of citizenship
Persons having their usual residence in Italy and having acquired during the reference year the Italian citizenship and having formerly held the citizenship of another Member State or a third country or having formerly been stateless.
Loss of citizenship
Statistics are not available.
Legally induced abortions
Any interruption of pregnancy with a dead foetus, initiated by deliberate action, in conformity with the national laws, undertaken with the intention of terminating pregnancy.
Late foetal deaths
Statistics are not available.
Infant deaths
Deaths of live-born infants who have not yet completed 1 year of life.
Marriages
The acts, ceremonies or processes by which the legal relationship of the partners is constituted. The legality of the union may be established by civil or religious mean.
Divorces
A divorce is the final legal dissolution (ending) of a marriage. A divorce is the type of separation between spouses that confers on both parties the right to remarry.
3.4.3 Differences in statistical concepts and definitions between the statistics transmitted to Eurostat and those disseminated in the National Statistics Institute's website
Population
No differences.
Live births
No differences.
Deaths
No differences.
Immigrants
No differences.
Emigrants
No differences.
Acquisitions of citizenship
No differences.
Loss of citizenship
No differences.
Legally induced abortions
No differences.
Late foetal deaths
No differences.
Infant deaths
No differences.
Marriages
No differences.
Divorces
No differences.
3.5. Statistical unit
Individuals and events.
3.6. Statistical population
Statistical population
Population
Not applicable.
Live births
Not applicable.
Deaths
Not applicable.
Immigrants
Not applicable.
Emigrants
Not applicable.
Acquisitions of citizenship
Not applicable.
Loss of citizenship
Not applicable.
Legally induced abortions
Not applicable.
Late foetal deaths
Not applicable.
Infant deaths
Not applicable.
Marriages
Not applicable.
Divorces
Not applicable.
3.7. Reference area
Data on population and flows (natural and migration flows) are available at Municipality level.
3.8. Coverage - Time
Population: since 1926.
Live births: since 1926.
Deaths: since 1926.
Immigrants: since 1926.
Emigrants: since 1926.
Acquisition of citizenship: since 1993.
Legally induced abortions: since 1979.
Marriage: since 1995.
Divorces: since 1971.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Data refer to individuals and events.
The reference date for population statistics is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31 December). The reference period for vital statistics and migration flows is the calendar year in which the event occurred.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
The Italian National Statistical System (SISTAN) is the network of public and private subjects that provides official statistical information.
Established by Law n. 322 of 1989, SISTAN includes: the National Statistical Institute (ISTAT); public statistical bodies and organizations (INEA, ISFOL); the statistical offices of the State administrations and other public bodies, the territorial Offices of the Government, the Regions and Autonomous Provinces, the Provinces, the Chambers of Commerce (CCIAA), the Municipalities, individual or associated, and the statistical offices of other public and private institutions that perform functions of public interest.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Law No 322 of 1989 establishes how data can be shared between members of SISTAN.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Law 196/2003 on privacy protection.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Not applicable.
8.1. Release calendar
Only some demographic statistics have a fixed calendar. Among them, data on Birth and fertility (October) and on Census of Population and demographic trend (December).
The other demographic statistics follow a variable release schedule: Migrations, Deaths, Marriages et al. are disseminated at the end of the year.
The calendar of releases and events, complete with press releases for the entire year, is updated on a weekly basis with the dates of all press releases, publication of editorial products, events and database updates.
Data on citizenship refer to the nationality of each individual on data on population, deaths and migration; referring to live birth, the citizenship is the one of the mother.
Country of birth
Data on country on birth of each individual is referred to the country where each individual was born.
Country of birth of the mother
Data on country on birth of the mother is referred to the country where each mother was born.
Country of previous usual residence
Data are available on tables referred to Regulation (EC) No 862/2007.
Country of next usual residence
Data are available on tables referred to Regulation (EC) No 862/2007.
Deaths
Data refer to resident population.
Divorce
Not available.
Emigrants
Data refer to resident population.
First-time marrying person
Data refer to present population.
First-time registering partner
Data refer to present population.
Foetal death
Not available.
Foreign-born
Data refer to resident population.
Immigrants
Data refer to resident population.
Infant death
>Not available.
Late foetal death
Not available.
Legally induced abortions
Not available.
Level of development
Not available.
Live birth
Data refer to resident population.
Live birth order
Data refer to resident population.
Marriage
Data refer to present population.
Native born
Data refer to resident population
Person contracting legal union for first-time
Data refer to resident population.
Regional
Not available.
Registered partnership
Data refer to resident population.
Registered partnership legally dissolved
Data refer to resident population.
Separation
Not available.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
11.2.1. Quality assessment: Type of duration of stay used when counting a person as a migrant according to Article 2(b) of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007
1. Actual duration of stay of at least 12 months
2. Intended duration of stay of at least 12 months
3. Actual and intended duration of stay of at least 12 months
4. Other. Please specify
Nationals
Immigrants
X
Emigrants
X
EEA citizens
Immigrants
X
Emigrants
X
Non EEA citizens
Immigrants
X
Emigrants
X
11.2.2. Quality assessment of the definition of acquisitions of citizenship according to Article 3(d) of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007
1. Acquisitions of citizenship granted to persons having their usual residence in the territory of the Member State
2. Other. Please specify
Acquisitions of citizenship
X (information on age and previous citizenship are completed through record linkage and probabilistic imputation models. The probabilistic imputation has concerned less than 3 % of records)
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
Not applicable.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not applicable.
12.3. Completeness
Not applicable.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Overall accuracy and special cases (Inclusion/exclusion of asylum seekers and refugees, persons living on unauthorised or irregular basis, international students, persons who do not register/deregister, ...)
Population
As far as population is concerned it is obtained from the Census results of the Permanent Population Census.
It is based on the combination of sample surveys and data from administrative sources; it is carried out every year and it is included in the Integrated System of Statistical Registers managed by the ISTAT.
The fulcrum of the whole system is the Basic Register of Individuals (RBI) which constitutes the basic infrastructure for the production of demographic statistics and the universe for the extraction of the surveys’ samples envisaged for the Permanent Census (see Census Law and Plan General Census) and all samples surveys on families. The RBI is “consolidated” annually with reference to 31 December. This consolidation is achieved through a demographic accounting model (MIDEA - Micro-DEmographic Accounting) based on the count of microdata (data on births, deaths and internal and international migration)
The alignment with Census data occurs following an adjustment of the RBI’s over and under-coverage by means of the "signal of life" methodology, performed by the Permanent Census. The "corrected" RBI ensures the alignment of Census data with those of demographic statistics and allows to provide timely estimates of the main outputs on the population.
Following the general principle that persons seeking refuge from Ukraine should be treated in the statistics in the same way as any other population group, with regard to the application of usual residence definitions and in the production of European population and migration statistics, as well as statistics on events. Therefore, refugees from Ukraine are considered as usually residents only if they are enrolled in population register at the end of 2022.
Live births
As far as flows (usually resident population events: births, deaths, immigrants, emigrants, marriages) are concerned, the overall accuracy has substantially improved over time by completely de-materializing the data collection. This allows to incorporate quality controls directly in the data transmission as well as, due to the increased timeliness, a more effective real-time monitoring of the capturing coverage. On the side of the overall accuracy of the accounting procedure, this results in a progressive decrease between provisional monthly data and definitive data (obviously excluding discontinuities induced by purely administrative adjustments).
Following the general principle that events should be counted according to the place of usual residence of the person to which the event occurred. Therefore, events that occurred to Ukrainian refugees who are part of the usual resident population are included in the population statistics reported by Italy. This includes live births to habitually resident women, fetal deaths, deaths, marriages, and divorces.
Deaths
As far as flows (usually resident population events: births, deaths, immigrants, emigrants, marriages) are concerned, the overall accuracy has substantially improved over time by completely de-materializing the data collection. This allows to incorporate quality controls directly in the data transmission as well as, due to the increased timeliness, a more effective real-time monitoring of the capturing coverage. On the side of the overall accuracy of the accounting procedure, this results in a progressive decrease between provisional monthly data and definitive data (obviously excluding discontinuities induced by purely administrative adjustments).
Following the general principle that events should be counted according to the place of usual residence of the person to which the event occurred. Therefore, events that occurred to Ukrainian refugees who are part of the usual resident population are included in the population statistics reported by Italy. This includes live births to habitually resident women, fetal deaths, deaths, marriages, and divorces.
Immigrants
As far as flows (usually resident population events: births, deaths, immigrants, emigrants, marriages) are concerned, the overall accuracy has substantially improved over time by completely de-materializing the data collection. This allows to incorporate quality controls directly in the data transmission as well as, due to the increased timeliness, a more effective real-time monitoring of the capturing coverage. On the side of the overall accuracy of the accounting procedure, this results in a progressive decrease between provisional monthly data and definitive data (obviously excluding discontinuities induced by purely administrative adjustments).
Refugees and asylum seekers are included if they are enrolled in the resident population register.
Emigrants
As far as flows (usually resident population events: births, deaths, immigrants, emigrants, marriages) are concerned, the overall accuracy has substantially improved over time by completely de-materializing the data collection. This allows to incorporate quality controls directly in the data transmission as well as, due to the increased timeliness, a more effective real-time monitoring of the capturing coverage. On the side of the overall accuracy of the accounting procedure, this results in a progressive decrease between provisional monthly data and definitive data (obviously excluding discontinuities induced by purely administrative adjustments).
Refugees and asylum seekers are included if they are enrolled in the resident population register.
Acquisitions of citizenship
Accuracy has improved over time, especially due to the progressively greater completeness and the comparison of different data source used in the process.
The share of records for which probabilistic imputation of the acquisition method is necessary has in fact decreased from almost 30% in 2011 to approximately 10% in recent years.
Loss of citizenship
Not available.
Legally induced abortions
Not available.
Late foetal deaths
Not available.
Infant deaths
Not available.
Marriages
As far as flows (usually resident population events: births, deaths, immigrants, emigrants, marriages) are concerned, the overall accuracy has substantially improved over time by completely de-materializing the data collection. This allows to incorporate quality controls directly in the data transmission as well as, due to the increased timeliness, a more effective real-time monitoring of the capturing coverage. On the side of the overall accuracy of the accounting procedure, this results in a progressive decrease between provisional monthly data and definitive data (obviously excluding discontinuities induced by purely administrative adjustments).
According to Article 4 (2) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014, each year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data at national and regional level as described in Annex II and related standard reference metadata (in the metadata structure definition defined for the Euro SDMX Metadata Structure) for the reference year within 12 months of the end of the reference year. According to Article 3 (2) of the Commission Regulation (EC) No 862/2007, Statistics on international migration, usually resident population and acquisition of citizenship shall be supplied to the Commission (Eurostat) within 12 months of the end of the reference year.
14.2. Punctuality
Not applicable.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
Full comparability.
15.2. Comparability - over time
Comparability - over time
Population
At national level full comparability since 1956. With regard to NUTS-1, NUTS-2, NUTS-3 – full comparability since 2002.
Live births
See under population.
Deaths
See under population.
Immigrants
See under population.
Emigrants
See under population.
Acquisitions of citizenship
See under population.
Loss of citizenship
Not available.
Legally induced abortions
Not available.
Late foetal deaths
Not available.
Infant deaths
Not available.
Marriages
Not available.
Divorces
Not available.
Surface in km2
Not available.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
The differences between Residence Permits (RP) and International Migration (IM) Statistics are due:
to the different length of stay: RP consider only long-term permits, while even people holding a short-term permit can be enrolled in the Population register. Many people with a short permit (<12 months) stay more than 1 year since they renew the permit.
RP are granted only to non EU citizens.
15.4. Coherence - internal
See Data revision.
Cost of data collection and cost of data production.
Legal and institutional burden for Municipalities.
17.1. Data revision - policy
The overall – not only internal, but also cross-domain – coherence of the population data (point 17), as well as the revision policy of the population series (point 19), are strictly consistent with the overall accuracy requirements recalled at point 14, as to resetting the base vector of the post-censual population accounting procedure.
17.2. Data revision - practice
See 17.1.
18.1. Source data
List of data sources
Population
Basic Register of Individuals alligned with Census.
Live births
Basic Register of Individuals alligned with Census.
Deaths
Basic Register of Individuals alligned with Census.
Immigrants
Basic Register of Individuals alligned with Census.
Emigrants
Basic Register of Individuals alligned with Census.
Acquisitions of citizenship
Basic Register of Individuals alligned with Census.
Loss of citizenship
Not available.
Legally induced abortions
Registration for induced abortions in the register of public and private hospitals.
Late foetal deaths
Not available.
Infant deaths
Not available.
Marriages
Registration of marriages in the civil status register.
Divorces
Registration of divorces in the civil status register and in court.
Surface in km2
LAU2s surfaces such as calculated by GIS software. NUTS-1, NUTS-2, NUTS-3 and IT surfaces have been obtained by sum of elementary data classified in each upper level.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Data are collected on daily basis.
18.3. Data collection
Data collection:
Population
Data capturing by means of in-house and outsourcing system.
Live births
Data capturing by means of in-house and outsourcing system.
Deaths
Data capturing by means of in-house and outsourcing system.
Immigrants
Data capturing by means of in-house and outsourcing system.
Emigrants
Data capturing by means of in-house and outsourcing system.
Acquisitions of citizenship
Data capturing by means of in-house and outsourcing system and data collected by the Ministry of the Interior.
Loss of citizenship
Not available.
Legally induced abortions
Data capturing by means in-house and outsourcing system.
Late foetal deaths
Not available.
Infant deaths
Not available.
Marriages
Data capturing by means in-house and outsourcing system.
Divorces
Not available.
Surface in km2
The process starts from implementation of territorial basis (LAU2 cartography) on a GIS. The union of single LAU2 minimal territorial units (census areas) forms a closed polygon. Starting from that, system returns in output LAU2s surfaces.
18.4. Data validation
Data validation:
Population
As far as population is concerned it is obtained from the Census results of the Permanent Population Census.
It is based on the combination of sample surveys and data from administrative sources; it is carried out every year and it is included in the Integrated System of Statistical Registers managed by the ISTAT.
The fulcrum of the whole system is the Basic Register of Individuals (RBI) which constitutes the basic infrastructure for the production of demographic statistics and the universe for the extraction of the surveys’ samples envisaged for the Permanent Census (see Census Law and Plan General Census) and all samples surveys on families. The RBI is “consolidated” annually with reference to 31 December. This consolidation is achieved through a demographic accounting model (MIDEA - Micro-DEmographic Accounting) based on the count of microdata (data on births, deaths and internal and international migration)
The alignment with Census data occurs following an adjustment of the RBI’s over and under-coverage by means of the "signal of life" methodology performed by the Permanent Census. The "corrected" RBI ensures the alignment of Census data with those of demographic statistics and allows to provide timely estimates of the main outputs on the population.
Live births
1. Identification and elimination of duplication through individual identifying variables.
2. Deterministic data editing for ensuring consistency among intra-record variables.
Deaths
1. Identification and elimination of duplication through individual identifying variables.
2. Deterministic data editing for ensuring consistency among intra-record variables.
3. Imputation of missing data with “Nearest neighbour imputation” technique.
Immigrants
1. Identification and elimination of duplication through individual identifying variables.
2. Deterministic data editing for ensuring consistency among intra-record variables.
3. Imputation of missing data with “Nearest neighbour imputation” technique.
Emigrants
1. Identification and elimination of duplication through individual identifying variables.
2. Deterministic data editing for ensuring consistency among intra-record variables.
3. Imputation of missing data with “Nearest neighbour imputation” technique.
Acquisitions of citizenship
Check for coherence among different sources.
Loss of citizenship
Not available.
Legally induced abortions
1. Identification and elimination of duplication through individual identifying variables.
2. Deterministic data editing for ensuring consistency among intra-record variables.
3. Imputation of missing data with “Nearest neighbour imputation” technique.
Late foetal deaths
Not available.
Infant deaths
Not available.
Marriages
Not available.
Divorces
Deterministic data editing for ensuring consistency among intra-record variables.
Surface in km2
Sheet excel to control: completeness of microdata (LAU2 surfaces); correctness of codes and denominations; correctness of totals.
18.5. Data compilation
Data compilation:
Population
See point 18.4.
Live births
See point 18.4.
Deaths
See point 18.4.
Immigrants
See point 18.4.
Emigrants
See point 18.4.
Acquisitions of citizenship
The various data sets were linked with each other using record linkage techniques. The estimation process was concluded through the use of probabilistic techniques to complete the missing information.
Loss of citizenship
Not available.
Legally induced abortions
See point 18.4.
Late foetal deaths
Not available.
Infant deaths
Not available.
Marriages
See point 18.4.
Divorces
See point 18.4.
Surface in km2
Data are automatically captured by GIS system and imported in excel sheets. The integration between geographical and alphanumerical databases is currently checked.
18.6. Adjustment
Not applicable.
No comment.
Data and metadata are transmitted to Eurostat by the Member States in the framework of the Unified Demographic Data Collection which is in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 and their implementing regulations.
3.4.1 Statistical concepts and definitions used in the statistics transmitted to Eurostat
1.Usually Resident Population
2. Legal Residence Population
3. Registered Residence Population
4. Other
Population
X
Live births
X
Deaths
X
Immigrants
X
Emigrants
X
Acquisitions of citizenship
X
Loss of citizenship
Not available.
Legally induced abortions
X
Late foetal deaths
Not available.
Infant deaths
X
Marriages
X
Divorces
X
3.4.2 Statistical concepts and definitions used in the statistics disseminated in the National Statistical Institute's website
Population
As far as population is concerned it is obtained from the Census results of the Permanent Population Census. It is based on the combination of sample surveys and data from administrative sources; it is carried out every year and it is included in the Integrated System of Statistical Registers managed by the ISTAT. The fulcrum of the whole system is the Basic Register of Individuals (RBI) which constitutes the basic infrastructure for the production of demographic statistics and the universe for the extraction of the surveys’ samples envisaged for the Permanent Census (see Census Law and Plan General Census) and all samples surveys on families. The RBI is “consolidated” annually with reference to 31 December. This consolidation is achieved through a demographic accounting model (MIDEA - Micro-DEmographic Accounting) based on the count of microdata (data on births, deaths and internal and international migration).
The alignment with the Census data takes place following an adjustment of the over- and under-coverage of the RBI by means of the life-signal methodology developed by the Permanent Census using an integrated repository of administrative sources (AIDA). The ‘adjusted’ RBI ensures the alignment of the Census data with the population statistics data and provides timely estimates of key population outputs.
Live births
Live birth means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a result of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached: each result of such a birth is considered live-born, regardless of gestational age.
Deaths
Death means the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place (postnatal cessation of vital functions without capability of resuscitation).
Immigrants
Persons establishing their usual residence in Italy for a period that is expected to be of at least 12 months, having previously been usually resident in another Member State or a third country.
Emigrants
Persons establishing their usual residence abroad for a period that is expected to be of at least 12 months, having previously been usually resident in Italy.
Acquisitions of citizenship
Persons having their usual residence in Italy and having acquired during the reference year the Italian citizenship and having formerly held the citizenship of another Member State or a third country or having formerly been stateless.
Loss of citizenship
Statistics are not available.
Legally induced abortions
Any interruption of pregnancy with a dead foetus, initiated by deliberate action, in conformity with the national laws, undertaken with the intention of terminating pregnancy.
Late foetal deaths
Statistics are not available.
Infant deaths
Deaths of live-born infants who have not yet completed 1 year of life.
Marriages
The acts, ceremonies or processes by which the legal relationship of the partners is constituted. The legality of the union may be established by civil or religious mean.
Divorces
A divorce is the final legal dissolution (ending) of a marriage. A divorce is the type of separation between spouses that confers on both parties the right to remarry.
3.4.3 Differences in statistical concepts and definitions between the statistics transmitted to Eurostat and those disseminated in the National Statistics Institute's website
Population
No differences.
Live births
No differences.
Deaths
No differences.
Immigrants
No differences.
Emigrants
No differences.
Acquisitions of citizenship
No differences.
Loss of citizenship
No differences.
Legally induced abortions
No differences.
Late foetal deaths
No differences.
Infant deaths
No differences.
Marriages
No differences.
Divorces
No differences.
Individuals and events.
Statistical population
Population
Not applicable.
Live births
Not applicable.
Deaths
Not applicable.
Immigrants
Not applicable.
Emigrants
Not applicable.
Acquisitions of citizenship
Not applicable.
Loss of citizenship
Not applicable.
Legally induced abortions
Not applicable.
Late foetal deaths
Not applicable.
Infant deaths
Not applicable.
Marriages
Not applicable.
Divorces
Not applicable.
Data on population and flows (natural and migration flows) are available at Municipality level.
The reference date for population statistics is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31 December). The reference period for vital statistics and migration flows is the calendar year in which the event occurred.
Overall accuracy and special cases (Inclusion/exclusion of asylum seekers and refugees, persons living on unauthorised or irregular basis, international students, persons who do not register/deregister, ...)
Population
As far as population is concerned it is obtained from the Census results of the Permanent Population Census.
It is based on the combination of sample surveys and data from administrative sources; it is carried out every year and it is included in the Integrated System of Statistical Registers managed by the ISTAT.
The fulcrum of the whole system is the Basic Register of Individuals (RBI) which constitutes the basic infrastructure for the production of demographic statistics and the universe for the extraction of the surveys’ samples envisaged for the Permanent Census (see Census Law and Plan General Census) and all samples surveys on families. The RBI is “consolidated” annually with reference to 31 December. This consolidation is achieved through a demographic accounting model (MIDEA - Micro-DEmographic Accounting) based on the count of microdata (data on births, deaths and internal and international migration)
The alignment with Census data occurs following an adjustment of the RBI’s over and under-coverage by means of the "signal of life" methodology, performed by the Permanent Census. The "corrected" RBI ensures the alignment of Census data with those of demographic statistics and allows to provide timely estimates of the main outputs on the population.
Following the general principle that persons seeking refuge from Ukraine should be treated in the statistics in the same way as any other population group, with regard to the application of usual residence definitions and in the production of European population and migration statistics, as well as statistics on events. Therefore, refugees from Ukraine are considered as usually residents only if they are enrolled in population register at the end of 2022.
Live births
As far as flows (usually resident population events: births, deaths, immigrants, emigrants, marriages) are concerned, the overall accuracy has substantially improved over time by completely de-materializing the data collection. This allows to incorporate quality controls directly in the data transmission as well as, due to the increased timeliness, a more effective real-time monitoring of the capturing coverage. On the side of the overall accuracy of the accounting procedure, this results in a progressive decrease between provisional monthly data and definitive data (obviously excluding discontinuities induced by purely administrative adjustments).
Following the general principle that events should be counted according to the place of usual residence of the person to which the event occurred. Therefore, events that occurred to Ukrainian refugees who are part of the usual resident population are included in the population statistics reported by Italy. This includes live births to habitually resident women, fetal deaths, deaths, marriages, and divorces.
Deaths
As far as flows (usually resident population events: births, deaths, immigrants, emigrants, marriages) are concerned, the overall accuracy has substantially improved over time by completely de-materializing the data collection. This allows to incorporate quality controls directly in the data transmission as well as, due to the increased timeliness, a more effective real-time monitoring of the capturing coverage. On the side of the overall accuracy of the accounting procedure, this results in a progressive decrease between provisional monthly data and definitive data (obviously excluding discontinuities induced by purely administrative adjustments).
Following the general principle that events should be counted according to the place of usual residence of the person to which the event occurred. Therefore, events that occurred to Ukrainian refugees who are part of the usual resident population are included in the population statistics reported by Italy. This includes live births to habitually resident women, fetal deaths, deaths, marriages, and divorces.
Immigrants
As far as flows (usually resident population events: births, deaths, immigrants, emigrants, marriages) are concerned, the overall accuracy has substantially improved over time by completely de-materializing the data collection. This allows to incorporate quality controls directly in the data transmission as well as, due to the increased timeliness, a more effective real-time monitoring of the capturing coverage. On the side of the overall accuracy of the accounting procedure, this results in a progressive decrease between provisional monthly data and definitive data (obviously excluding discontinuities induced by purely administrative adjustments).
Refugees and asylum seekers are included if they are enrolled in the resident population register.
Emigrants
As far as flows (usually resident population events: births, deaths, immigrants, emigrants, marriages) are concerned, the overall accuracy has substantially improved over time by completely de-materializing the data collection. This allows to incorporate quality controls directly in the data transmission as well as, due to the increased timeliness, a more effective real-time monitoring of the capturing coverage. On the side of the overall accuracy of the accounting procedure, this results in a progressive decrease between provisional monthly data and definitive data (obviously excluding discontinuities induced by purely administrative adjustments).
Refugees and asylum seekers are included if they are enrolled in the resident population register.
Acquisitions of citizenship
Accuracy has improved over time, especially due to the progressively greater completeness and the comparison of different data source used in the process.
The share of records for which probabilistic imputation of the acquisition method is necessary has in fact decreased from almost 30% in 2011 to approximately 10% in recent years.
Loss of citizenship
Not available.
Legally induced abortions
Not available.
Late foetal deaths
Not available.
Infant deaths
Not available.
Marriages
As far as flows (usually resident population events: births, deaths, immigrants, emigrants, marriages) are concerned, the overall accuracy has substantially improved over time by completely de-materializing the data collection. This allows to incorporate quality controls directly in the data transmission as well as, due to the increased timeliness, a more effective real-time monitoring of the capturing coverage. On the side of the overall accuracy of the accounting procedure, this results in a progressive decrease between provisional monthly data and definitive data (obviously excluding discontinuities induced by purely administrative adjustments).
Divorces
Not available.
Data refer to individuals and events.
Data compilation:
Population
See point 18.4.
Live births
See point 18.4.
Deaths
See point 18.4.
Immigrants
See point 18.4.
Emigrants
See point 18.4.
Acquisitions of citizenship
The various data sets were linked with each other using record linkage techniques. The estimation process was concluded through the use of probabilistic techniques to complete the missing information.
Loss of citizenship
Not available.
Legally induced abortions
See point 18.4.
Late foetal deaths
Not available.
Infant deaths
Not available.
Marriages
See point 18.4.
Divorces
See point 18.4.
Surface in km2
Data are automatically captured by GIS system and imported in excel sheets. The integration between geographical and alphanumerical databases is currently checked.
List of data sources
Population
Basic Register of Individuals alligned with Census.
Live births
Basic Register of Individuals alligned with Census.
Deaths
Basic Register of Individuals alligned with Census.
Immigrants
Basic Register of Individuals alligned with Census.
Emigrants
Basic Register of Individuals alligned with Census.
Acquisitions of citizenship
Basic Register of Individuals alligned with Census.
Loss of citizenship
Not available.
Legally induced abortions
Registration for induced abortions in the register of public and private hospitals.
Late foetal deaths
Not available.
Infant deaths
Not available.
Marriages
Registration of marriages in the civil status register.
Divorces
Registration of divorces in the civil status register and in court.
Surface in km2
LAU2s surfaces such as calculated by GIS software. NUTS-1, NUTS-2, NUTS-3 and IT surfaces have been obtained by sum of elementary data classified in each upper level.
Data on population and demographic statistics are disseminated annually.
According to Article 4 (2) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014, each year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data at national and regional level as described in Annex II and related standard reference metadata (in the metadata structure definition defined for the Euro SDMX Metadata Structure) for the reference year within 12 months of the end of the reference year. According to Article 3 (2) of the Commission Regulation (EC) No 862/2007, Statistics on international migration, usually resident population and acquisition of citizenship shall be supplied to the Commission (Eurostat) within 12 months of the end of the reference year.
Full comparability.
Comparability - over time
Population
At national level full comparability since 1956. With regard to NUTS-1, NUTS-2, NUTS-3 – full comparability since 2002.
