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People live the longest in Italy. Il Bel-Paese is, together with Monaco and Japan, one of the countries with the oldest average population in the world! Time for some facts: Where do the most people live in Italy, where are the youngest and the oldest - and most importantly: where do people live the longest??

In which region do most people live in Italy?
Where is Italy youngest?
What is life expectancy in Italy?
Where do women in Italy live the longest?
Where do men live the longest in Italy?

Where do most people live in Italy?

Italy is divided into 20 regions, from Trentino-Alto Adige in the north to Sicily in the south. Most Italians live in Lombardy, about 10 out of a total of about 60 million. In Italy's population, every 6th person comes from Lombardy.

The ten smallest regions in Italy together have as many inhabitants as Lombardy. The three smallest regions in the country are Basilicata (half a million), Molise (just under 300,000 people) and Valle d'Aosta (120,000 inhabitants).

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Where is the youngest population in Italy?

The average Italian is 46.8 years old. The average age is highest in Liguria and Veneto at just over 49 and 48 years respectively. The youngest people in Italy live in Campania, with an average age of 43, followed directly by Trentino-Alto Adige at 44.

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Sardinia is a special case. In relative terms, the mountain villages in the east are home to the most 100-year-olds in the world. The mystery of the Sardinians' long life remains unsolved to this day. Sardinia is also the third oldest region in Italy with an average population of just under 48 years.

This is the age of the average Italian in the individual regions Source: statista 2022 — ***The average age of the individual Italian regions***
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What is life expectancy in Italy?

Together with Japan and Monaco, Italy is currently one of the three oldest countries in the world! Life expectancy in Italy has remained relatively constant over the past ten years. The average age at death is currently 82.34 years.

Attention, spoiler: Umbria and Tuscany are the Italian regions where women and men live the longest. In Umbria, women live to 85.6 years and men to 81.1 years. The situation is different in northern Italy in the mountains, in the Aosta Valley. Here, women live to be 83.3 years old on average and men

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