Journal of Population Sciences
Table 1 Sri Lankan citizens residing in the top eight Italian cities according to their numerosity at the beginning of 2012 and 2021 (absolute values in thousands and percentages; the bold values indicate the peculiarities of the Sri Lankans' settlement model in Italy, as described in the following section)
Municipality (2012) | A.V. (000) | % | Cum. % | % of foreigners | Municipality (2021) | A.V. (000) | % | Cum. % | % of foreigners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milan | 11.1 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 6.3 | Milan | 16.1 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 6.3 |
Naples | 7.2 | 10.1 | 25.6 | 22.9 | Naples | 15.3 | 14.1 | 28.9 | 26.3 |
Verona | 5.2 | 7.3 | 32.9 | 17.3 | Rome | 9.1 | 8.4 | 37.3 | 2.7 |
Rome | 4.9 | 6.8 | 39.7 | 2.2 | Verona | 7.4 | 6.8 | 44.1 | 20.1 |
Messina | 3.6 | 5.0 | 44.7 | 32.4 | Messina | 3.8 | 3.5 | 47.6 | 32.2 |
Palermo | 3.3 | 4.6 | 49.3 | 16.7 | Palermo | 3.1 | 2.9 | 50.5 | 13.1 |
Florence | 1.6 | 2.2 | 51.5 | 3.7 | Catania | 2.4 | 2.2 | 52.7 | 18.3 |
Catania | 1.4 | 2.0 | 53.5 | 20.1 | Florence | 2.1 | 1.9 | 54.6 | 4.2 |
Others | 33.3 | 46.5 | 100.0 | 1.0 | Others | 49.3 | 45.4 | 100.0 | 1.2 |
Total | 71.6 | 100.0 | Â | 1.8 | Total | 108.6 | 100.0 | Â | 2.2 |