Foreign residents in Umbria

2 provinces · Population 851,473

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

Across Umbria's 2 provinces, ISTAT counts 1,094 Britons — 0.13% of the region's 851,473 residents.

Across the nationalities we track, Umbria counts 7,311 foreign residents in total, 0.86% of the population. The largest groups are Britons (1,094), Germans (829), Brazilians (755).

Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Britons in Umbria has fallen, from 1,191 to 1,094 (-8%).

Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 13.9% of Umbria's population was born outside Italy — 10.1% outside the EU and 3.8% elsewhere in the EU. This broad-group split isn't comparable per-nationality to the citizenship figures above — see about the data.

By nationality

NationalityCitizensShare
United Kingdom1,0940.13%
Germany8290.10%
Brazil7550.09%
United States7170.08%
Russia6280.07%
Spain4510.05%
France4510.05%
Netherlands3890.05%
Venezuela2950.03%
Belgium2100.02%
Argentina1900.02%
Greece1830.02%
Japan1640.02%
Ireland1420.02%
Switzerland1280.02%
Austria1060.01%
Denmark930.01%
Portugal840.01%
Sweden830.01%
Australia760.01%
Mexico730.01%
Canada680.01%
Finland360.00%
South Korea340.00%
Norway320.00%

“Citizens” counts residents holding that country’s citizenship, summed across every comune in Umbria.

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy733,35986.13%
Born elsewhere in the EU32,3083.79%
Born outside the EU85,80610.08%

From ISTAT’s census data. Broad groups only — see about the data.

Britons over time

Provinces by Britons share

  1. 1stPerugia0.14% (895)
  2. 2ndTerni0.09% (199)

Tax regimes

14 of Umbria’s 92 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime15% of the region’s towns, but 2.1% 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 →

This lists the regimes we’ve published. Others exist that we haven’t encoded yet — we add one only once it has been checked against the legislation — so this isn’t a complete account of what might apply to you.

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