Chinese people in Italy
Via Paolo Sarpi, center of Milan Chinatown | |
| Total population | |
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| 308,984 (2024) 0.52% of the Italian population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Lombardy, Tuscany, Veneto, Lazio | |
| Languages | |
| Wenzhounese · Qingtian dialect · Mandarin Chinese · Italian | |
| Religion | |
| Chinese folk religion, Buddhism, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Overseas Chinese |
| Chinese Italian | |||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 意大利華人 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 意大利华人 | ||||||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 意大利華僑 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 意大利华侨 | ||||||||||||||
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The Chinese people in Italy (Chinese: 意大利华人, Pinyin: Yìdàlì Huárén, Italian: Cinesi in Italia) comprise Italian residents or citizens of Chinese heritage and Chinese who migrated to Italy.
With a century-old history, the Chinese community in Italy has grown rapidly in recent decades. Official statistics indicate there are at least 308,984 Chinese citizens in Italy, although these figures do not account for former Chinese citizens who have acquired Italian nationality or Italian-born people of Chinese descent.