2011 Italian census explained

The 2011 Italian Census is the fifteenth and most recent Italian national census. The reference day used for the census was October 9, 2011. The population was counted at 59,433,744.^[1]

A census of the whole population has taken place in Italy every 10 years since 1861.^[2]

References

1. Web site: Istat announces 2011 Census population count (press release). Istat, 19 December 2012. 11 July 2016.
2. National Institute of Statistics, Italy. "A new strategy for the 2011 Italian Population Census. Product innovations and the compliance with CES Recommendations" Paper presented at the joint UNECE/Eurostat meeting on Population and Housing Censuses, Geneva, 28-30 October 2009.