2011 Italian census
The 2011 Italian Census was the fifteenth national population and housing census conducted in Italy. It was carried out by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) as part of the 2010 round of population and housing censuses coordinated across the European Union. The census reference date was 9 October 2011. Before then, a population census has been conducted in Italy every ten years since their unification in 1861. According to the final results, the census recorded a resident population of 59,433,744 people.