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People and new homes in Italy
In 2025 the population fell by 636 while 51,908 new homes were granted a permit.
- Homes permitted, 2025
- 51,908
- Population change, 2025
- −636
Population change and homes permitted in Italy
The population's yearly change, net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes granted a permit in new residential buildings. ISTAT.
Population change
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| Year | Population change |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -636 |
| 2024 | -20,485 |
| 2023 | -9,955 |
| 2022 | -60,948 |
| 2021 | -141,043 |
| 2020 | -247,783 |
| 2019 | -61,060 |
Homes permitted
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| Year | Homes permitted |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 51,908 |
| 2024 | 55,256 |
| 2023 | 55,309 |
| 2022 | 59,904 |
| 2021 | 59,839 |
| 2020 | 49,100 |
| 2019 | 55,262 |
Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes permitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +153,273 | −214,333 | −61,060 | 55,262 |
| 2020 | +87,642 | −335,425 | −247,783 | 49,100 |
| 2021 | +160,054 | −301,097 | −141,043 | 59,839 |
| 2022 | +260,796 | −321,744 | −60,948 | 59,904 |
| 2023 | +281,220 | −291,175 | −9,955 | 55,309 |
| 2024 | +262,680 | −283,165 | −20,485 | 55,256 |
| 2025 | +295,759 | −296,395 | −636 | 51,908 |
Births, deaths and moves are ISTAT's population balance, from the municipal registers, from 2019: a place's migration counts moves from other municipalities and from abroad, Italy's only those to and from abroad. Italy counts no homes finished, so homes permitted in new residential buildings stand in; most are finished two to three years later, and some never are. A home houses a household, not a person: two or three new residents per new home is roughly one home per new household.
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At the average OMI valuation, a 90 m² home costs €134,190. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €546 a month. Italy sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's creditworthiness.
- Payment, two incomes
- 10%
- Payment, one income
- 21%
1.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 53,036
- Per 1,000 residents
- 0.9
Prices of existing homes have fallen by 3% or more once since 2010. That fall began in Q2 2011.
- Deepest fall
- −24.9%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
26.8% of the 35,597,857 homes counted in the 2023 census had nobody resident in them.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 26.8%
- Empty homes
- 9,555,902
In 2025, 6% of the homes authorised were extensions of existing residential buildings.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 6%
Public bodies signed €255.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €3.1B since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €255.1M
- Per resident, 2025
- €4