All things you need to know about living in the province of Bolzano/Bozen
The province of Bolzano/Bozen is home to 4,824 Germans: 0.89% of its 539,679 residents, across 116 comuni.
ISTAT counts 57,884 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 10.73% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Germans (4,824), Austrians (1,748), Russians (344).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Germans in the province has risen, from 4,362 to 4,824 (+11%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 14.8% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 10.2% outside the EU and 4.6% elsewhere in the EU. This broad-group split isn't comparable per-nationality to the citizenship figures above. See about the data.
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 7,127 | 1.32% |
| Germany | 4,824 | 0.89% |
| Romania | 4,007 | 0.74% |
| Ukraine | 2,610 | 0.48% |
| Slovakia | 2,395 | 0.44% |
| Austria | 1,748 | 0.32% |
| Poland | 1,153 | 0.21% |
| Hungary | 1,041 | 0.19% |
| Bulgaria | 629 | 0.12% |
| Croatia | 574 | 0.11% |
| Czechia | 383 | 0.07% |
| Russia | 344 | 0.06% |
| Brazil | 239 | 0.04% |
| Switzerland | 233 | 0.04% |
| Spain | 233 | 0.04% |
| United Kingdom | 158 | 0.03% |
| France | 154 | 0.03% |
| Netherlands | 141 | 0.03% |
| Venezuela | 110 | 0.02% |
| United States | 104 | 0.02% |
| Lithuania | 86 | 0.02% |
| Greece | 78 | 0.01% |
| Argentina | 72 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 71 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 53 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 48 | 0.01% |
| Japan | 40 | 0.01% |
| Sweden | 40 | 0.01% |
| Latvia | 39 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 38 | 0.01% |
| Slovenia | 38 | 0.01% |
| Canada | 22 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 21 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 17 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 17 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 13 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 12 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 12 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 11 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 2 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 460,006 | 85.24% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 24,879 | 4.61% |
| Born outside the EU | 54,794 | 10.15% |
Germans over time
Top 25 comuni by Germans share
- Stelvio/Stilfs2.43%
- Tirolo/Tirol1.97%
- Renon/Ritten1.66%
- Varna/Vahrn1.62%
- Lana/Lana1.59%
- Cortaccia sulla strada del vino/Kurtatsch an der Weinstraße1.57%
- Naz-Sciaves/Natz-Schabs1.56%
- Gargazzone/Gargazon1.53%
- Bressanone/Brixen1.48%
- Lagundo/Algund1.43%
- Nalles/Nals1.43%
- Luson/Lüsen1.39%
- Cermes/Tscherms1.39%
- Tires/Tiers1.36%
- Merano/Meran1.35%
- Terlano/Terlan1.33%
- Andriano/Andrian1.33%
- Rifiano/Riffian1.30%
- Laces/Latsch1.30%
- Verano/Vöran1.29%
- Caldaro sulla strada del vino/Kaltern an der Weinstraße1.28%
- Rio di Pusteria/Mühlbach1.25%
- Rodengo/Rodeneck1.25%
- Parcines/Partschins1.24%
- Termeno sulla strada del vino/Tramin an der Weinstraße1.24%
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Seismic zones of its comuni
A province has no seismic zone of its own: each of its comuni has one. Here is how the 116 comuni of Bolzano/Bozen are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)0
- Zone 20
- Zone 30
- Zone 4 (lowest hazard)116
Counts are comuni, not residents or land area. The zone is the legal classification each Region gave its comuni, not a forecast and not a verdict on any building. It has nothing to do with the 7% pensioner regime’s “seismic” routes, which depend on the 2009 and 2016–17 earthquake areas, not on a comune’s zone. See the map →