All things you need to know about living in Liguria
Across Liguria's 4 provinces, ISTAT counts 2,182 Russians: 0.14% of the region's 1,510,143 residents.
ISTAT counts 163,189 residents with a foreign citizenship in Liguria, 10.81% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Russians (2,182), French nationals (1,946), Germans (1,713).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Russians in Liguria has risen, from 1,629 to 2,182 (+34%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 14.4% of Liguria's population was born outside Italy: 11.9% outside the EU and 2.5% 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 | 21,347 | 1.41% |
| Romania | 19,771 | 1.31% |
| Ukraine | 7,900 | 0.52% |
| Russia | 2,182 | 0.14% |
| France | 1,946 | 0.13% |
| Germany | 1,713 | 0.11% |
| Poland | 1,373 | 0.09% |
| Brazil | 1,369 | 0.09% |
| Spain | 1,114 | 0.07% |
| United Kingdom | 1,010 | 0.07% |
| Bulgaria | 705 | 0.05% |
| Venezuela | 697 | 0.05% |
| Netherlands | 564 | 0.04% |
| United States | 509 | 0.03% |
| Switzerland | 420 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 398 | 0.03% |
| Hungary | 250 | 0.02% |
| Greece | 243 | 0.02% |
| Portugal | 238 | 0.02% |
| Lithuania | 231 | 0.02% |
| Belgium | 207 | 0.01% |
| Sweden | 199 | 0.01% |
| Croatia | 182 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 178 | 0.01% |
| Slovakia | 161 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 133 | 0.01% |
| Japan | 128 | 0.01% |
| Denmark | 127 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 120 | 0.01% |
| Latvia | 117 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 108 | 0.01% |
| Norway | 76 | 0.01% |
| Finland | 71 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 70 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 61 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 44 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 43 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 27 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 19 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 16 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 8 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,293,010 | 85.62% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 37,397 | 2.48% |
| Born outside the EU | 179,736 | 11.90% |
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 234 comuni of Liguria are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)0
- Zone 241
- Zone 3171
- Zone 4 (lowest hazard)22
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 →