All things you need to know about living in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Across Friuli-Venezia Giulia's 4 provinces, ISTAT counts 983 Russians: 0.08% of the region's 1,193,284 residents.
ISTAT counts 121,887 residents with a foreign citizenship in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 10.21% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Russians (983), Brazilians (794), Germans (743).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Russians in Friuli-Venezia Giulia has risen, from 798 to 983 (+23%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 15.6% of Friuli-Venezia Giulia's population was born outside Italy: 11.2% outside the EU and 4.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 24,938 | 2.09% |
| Albania | 9,394 | 0.79% |
| Ukraine | 7,474 | 0.63% |
| Croatia | 3,297 | 0.28% |
| Slovenia | 2,247 | 0.19% |
| Poland | 1,327 | 0.11% |
| Russia | 983 | 0.08% |
| Bulgaria | 813 | 0.07% |
| Brazil | 794 | 0.07% |
| Germany | 743 | 0.06% |
| Spain | 587 | 0.05% |
| France | 582 | 0.05% |
| Hungary | 551 | 0.05% |
| Venezuela | 541 | 0.05% |
| United States | 540 | 0.05% |
| Austria | 519 | 0.04% |
| Argentina | 455 | 0.04% |
| United Kingdom | 433 | 0.04% |
| Slovakia | 336 | 0.03% |
| Czechia | 266 | 0.02% |
| Greece | 219 | 0.02% |
| Portugal | 193 | 0.02% |
| Netherlands | 147 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 139 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 125 | 0.01% |
| Japan | 99 | 0.01% |
| Lithuania | 93 | 0.01% |
| Switzerland | 88 | 0.01% |
| Sweden | 74 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 70 | 0.01% |
| Finland | 54 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 53 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 47 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 41 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 38 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 28 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 22 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 14 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 10 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 7 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 6 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,006,541 | 84.35% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 52,701 | 4.42% |
| Born outside the EU | 134,042 | 11.23% |
Russians over time
Provinces by Russians share
Seismic zones of its comuni
A region has no seismic zone of its own: each of its comuni has one. Here is how the 215 comuni of Friuli-Venezia Giulia are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)32
- Zone 2108
- Zone 375
- 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 →