All things you need to know about living in Sicilia
Across Sicilia's 9 provinces, ISTAT counts 2,021 Argentinians: 0.04% of the region's 4,787,390 residents.
ISTAT counts 206,753 residents with a foreign citizenship in Sicilia, 4.32% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Argentinians (2,021), Germans (1,789), Russians (1,527).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Argentinians in Sicilia has risen, from 328 to 2,021 (+516%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 6.4% of Sicilia's population was born outside Italy: 4.3% outside the EU and 2.1% 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 | 44,515 | 0.93% |
| Albania | 11,773 | 0.25% |
| Poland | 4,131 | 0.09% |
| Ukraine | 3,501 | 0.07% |
| Argentina | 2,021 | 0.04% |
| Germany | 1,789 | 0.04% |
| Russia | 1,527 | 0.03% |
| Brazil | 1,250 | 0.03% |
| France | 1,219 | 0.03% |
| Bulgaria | 1,051 | 0.02% |
| Venezuela | 1,010 | 0.02% |
| United States | 883 | 0.02% |
| United Kingdom | 874 | 0.02% |
| Spain | 819 | 0.02% |
| Belgium | 382 | 0.01% |
| Malta | 287 | 0.01% |
| Switzerland | 279 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 266 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 266 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 224 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 210 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 200 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 199 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 179 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 163 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 144 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 136 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 133 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 121 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 115 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 110 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 91 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 87 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 84 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 62 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 55 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 44 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 34 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 24 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 9 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 4 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 4,478,637 | 93.55% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 102,692 | 2.15% |
| Born outside the EU | 206,061 | 4.30% |
Argentinians over time
Provinces by Argentinians share
- Messina0.14%
- Siracusa0.12%
- Ragusa0.06%
- Enna0.05%
- Trapani0.02%
- Agrigento0.02%
- Palermo0.02%
- Caltanissetta0.01%
- Catania0.01%
Tax regimes
359 of Sicilia’s 391 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 391 comuni of Sicilia are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)53
- Zone 2304
- Zone 332
- Zone 4 (lowest hazard)2
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 →