In-between centers and suburbs? Increasing differentials in recent demographic dynamics of Italian metropolitan cities

Genus

Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Selected statistics of Italian Metropolitan Cities, at the beginning of 2020^a

Name	Number of municipalities	Administrative region	Macro-area	Resident population	Pop. in central municipality (%)
Turin	312	Piedmont	North-west	2,230,946	38.5
Genoa	67	Liguria	North-west	826,194	68.5
Milan	134	Lombardy	North-west	3,265,327	43.6
Bologna	55	Emilia-Romagna	North-east	1,021,501	38.7
Venice	44	Veneto	North-east	848,829	30.5
Florence	41	Tuscany	Centre	995,517	36.9
Rome	121	Lazio	Centre	4,253,314	66.0
Bari	41	Apulia	South	1,230,205	25.6
Naples	92	Campania	South	3,034,410	31.3
Reggio Calabria	97	Calabria	South	530,967	32.9
Cagliari	17	Sardinia	Islands	422,840	35.7
Catania	58	Sicily	Islands	1,072,634	27.6
Messina	108	Sicily	Islands	613,887	21.2
Palermo	82	Sicily	Islands	1,222,988	52.9
Total	1269			21,189,003	43.4