All things you need to know about living in the province of Napoli
The province of Napoli is home to 1,570 Russians: 0.05% of its 2,963,633 residents, across 92 comuni.
ISTAT counts 137,367 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 4.64% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Russians (1,570), Brazilians (1,236), Spaniards (486).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Russians in the province has fallen, from 1,959 to 1,570 (-20%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 5.1% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 4.3% outside the EU and 0.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 23,432 | 0.79% |
| Romania | 8,707 | 0.29% |
| Poland | 3,093 | 0.10% |
| Bulgaria | 2,396 | 0.08% |
| Albania | 1,978 | 0.07% |
| Russia | 1,570 | 0.05% |
| Brazil | 1,236 | 0.04% |
| Spain | 486 | 0.02% |
| United States | 453 | 0.02% |
| Germany | 445 | 0.02% |
| France | 426 | 0.01% |
| United Kingdom | 402 | 0.01% |
| Venezuela | 398 | 0.01% |
| Greece | 180 | 0.01% |
| Argentina | 174 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 132 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 132 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 108 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 104 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 99 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 89 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 76 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 69 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 64 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 64 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 61 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 54 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 50 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 45 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 31 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 31 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 30 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 23 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 22 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 20 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 12 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 12 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 11 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 9 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 6 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,812,459 | 94.90% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 24,096 | 0.81% |
| Born outside the EU | 127,078 | 4.29% |
Russians over time
Top 25 comuni by Russians share
- Serrara Fontana0.20%
- Sant'Agnello0.16%
- Capri0.16%
- Massa Lubrense0.14%
- Sorrento0.11%
- Ischia0.11%
- Barano d'Ischia0.10%
- Casamicciola Terme0.09%
- Poggiomarino0.09%
- Meta0.09%
- Lacco Ameno0.09%
- Anacapri0.09%
- Napoli0.09%
- Forio0.09%
- Camposano0.08%
- Ottaviano0.07%
- Acerra0.07%
- Bacoli0.07%
- Piano di Sorrento0.07%
- Trecase0.06%
- Pollena Trocchia0.06%
- Striano0.05%
- Pozzuoli0.05%
- Portici0.05%
- Castello di Cisterna0.05%
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Compare Napoli with other provinces →See Napoli against all 107 on cost and quality →
Tax regimes
67 of Napoli’s 92 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 73% of the province’s towns, but 29% of the people who live in it.
The two differ because the regime caps comune size: the towns it excludes are the biggest ones. Where you’d actually be living matters more than how many towns are on the list.
Which towns, and how the 7% pensioner regime works →Seismic zones of its comuni
A province has no seismic zone of its own: each of its comuni has one. Here is how the 92 comuni of Napoli are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)0
- Zone 276
- Zone 316
- Zone 4 (lowest hazard)0
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 →