The “oldest” city in Italy is no longer Trieste. In the ranking of cities with the most elderly people in Italy, drawn up based on the “old age index” there is, in fact, a new podium.
The study, based on the Istat statistics for 2020, shows the percentage relationship between the number of inhabitants over 65 years old and the number of children and young people up to 15 years old.
The new ranking of cities with the most elderly people in Italy
The province with the most elderly people is Biella (photo): there the “old age index” is equal to 275,8% (there are “almost” 276 elderly people for every 100 children).
In second place in the ranking is Oristano. The podium is completed by all in the province of Savona , in Liguria.
Trieste, previously the city with the most elderly people in Italy, is now in fourth place, with its 263,8 elderly per 100 children, ahead of Ferrara e Grosseto.
The average “old age index” in Italy for the year 2020 is 178,4%. In 2019, however, it was 173,1%.
The comparison with 2012 clearly shows the speed at which the Italian population is aging: in that year the rate was 131,7%.
The ranking of cities with the most elderly people in Italy:
- White
- Oristano
- all in the province of Savona
- Trieste
- Ferrara
- Grosseto
The cities in Italy with the most births
More information also emerges from the analysis of statistics from the Istat 2020, Italy's official research body. Only in 11 provinces of Italy (out of 107) there was one increase in births compared to the previous year.
The specific ranking dedicated to the Italian cities where the most births are registered places Bolzano in first place (1,69 children per woman), ahead of Gorizia (1,42 children per woman).
Birth data could also explain why Trieste is no longer the oldest city in Italy.
The capital of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in fact, is in contrast to the rest of Italy: here the number of births compared to the previous year is increasing.
Cities in Italy with the most centenarians
Despite having lost first place in the ranking of the oldest cities in Italy, Trieste registers primacy in another special ranking, that is, the one dedicated to the cities in Italy where the oldest people live. centenarians.
The capital of Friuli Venezia Giulia recorded the figure of 4,58 centenarians per 100 thousand inhabitants.
The second Italian province in the ranking is Isernia (4,54 centenarians per 100 thousand inhabitants), while on the lowest step of the podium is Genova (4,27 centenarians per 100 thousand inhabitants).
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