Approximately 900 residents of Padua (Padova, in Italian) People leave the city every year to live abroad. In three years, there were 2.660 former residents, according to data from the Annuario Statistico 2025. Municipality of Padua quoted by the newspaper Il Gazzettino, this Monday (1th).
The exodus affects many young people in search of work, but it is not limited to the younger generations. In 2024, the average age of women who moved out of Italy was 39,3 years. Among men, it was 36,9 years.
The news has symbolic weight for Brazil. Padua remains in Veneto, a region that was at the center of large Italian immigration for the country at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. Now, the same city reappears in the migration data.
More than 18.000 Paduans live outside of Italy.
The numbers show a steady exodus. In 2023, 838 residents left Padua for other countries. In 2024, that number was 963. Last year, 859 people made the same move.
In total, approximately 18.300 Padua They currently live in another country while retaining their Italian citizenship.
Despite emigration, Padua still registers a positive migration balance. Last year, the city received 9.180 Italian and foreign immigrants, compared to 7.125 emigrants.
The city has 211.560 inhabitants. (440.023 including its metropolitan area).
