All things you need to know about living in Campania
Across Campania's 5 provinces, ISTAT counts 2,917 Russians: 0.05% of the region's 5,582,337 residents.
ISTAT counts 276,531 residents with a foreign citizenship in Campania, 4.95% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Russians (2,917), Brazilians (2,373), Venezuelans (1,314).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Russians in Campania has fallen, from 3,564 to 2,917 (-18%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 6.1% of Campania's population was born outside Italy: 4.9% outside the EU and 1.3% 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 | 44,885 | 0.80% |
| Romania | 32,360 | 0.58% |
| Albania | 9,609 | 0.17% |
| Poland | 6,503 | 0.12% |
| Bulgaria | 5,819 | 0.10% |
| Russia | 2,917 | 0.05% |
| Brazil | 2,373 | 0.04% |
| Venezuela | 1,314 | 0.02% |
| Germany | 909 | 0.02% |
| Spain | 881 | 0.02% |
| United States | 840 | 0.02% |
| United Kingdom | 818 | 0.01% |
| France | 721 | 0.01% |
| Argentina | 622 | 0.01% |
| Greece | 274 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 253 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 196 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 193 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 180 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 175 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 159 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 152 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 148 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 146 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 133 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 133 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 126 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 90 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 75 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 74 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 73 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 57 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 45 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 44 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 34 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 26 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 24 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 23 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 22 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 10 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 5,239,375 | 93.86% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 70,807 | 1.27% |
| Born outside the EU | 272,155 | 4.88% |
Russians over time
Provinces by Russians share
Tax regimes
508 of Campania’s 550 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 92% of the region’s towns, but 47% 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 region has no seismic zone of its own: each of its comuni has one. Here is how the 550 comuni of Campania are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)129
- Zone 2359
- Zone 362
- 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 →