The comuni dataset · edition 2026.09
Every Italian comune, scored for how badly it needs people.
7,896 comuni. Real ISTAT population for 2019 and 2025, the change, the median age, coordinates, and the Borgonova Need Index — the table behind this site, in English, as one CSV or JSON.
- 7,896
- comuni, every one
- 72%
- lost population 2019–2025
- 636
- fell by 10% or more
- 17
- columns, all documented
What a row looks like
| istat_code | name | region | population_2025 | change_pct_2019_2025 | median_age_2025 | need_index | need_band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 064011 | Bisaccia | Campania | 3,470 | -7.4 | 49 | 51 | high |
| 006034 | Carrega Ligure | Piemonte | 77 | -10.5 | 64 | 75 | acute |
| 070016 | Castropignano | Molise | 853 | -6.9 | 54 | 59 | high |
| 046036 | Fabbriche di Vergemoli | Toscana | 698 | -14.4 | 56 | 73 | high |
| 076040 | Latronico | Basilicata | 3,986 | -8.1 | 55 | 59 | high |
| 095085 | Montresta | Sardegna | 435 | -5 | 55 | 56 | high |
Plus slug, province, population_2019, profiled, liveability and renovation_capacity (profiled comuni), lat, lng and the page URL. Full dictionary ships with the file.
Licence
Snapshot
A fixed copy saved when payment is confirmed, as CSV and JSON with the dictionary and method. Download the same files again from your private link. Single organisation, attribution required.
Annual licence
Every edition for a year at the same link, commercial use inside your organisation, and a person who answers questions about the method. Attribution required.
£490 billed in full each year. Renews automatically until cancelled. After checkout, choose Manage your renewal on your private dataset page to stop the next renewal. Scheduled cancellation retains the paid period while payment remains valid. Support: hello@borgonova.com.
Press & research
Journalists, academics and public bodies: email from a work address with a line about the piece. Same day.
Request accessISTAT source data is CC BY 3.0 IT. The assembled table, the slugs, the profiled scores and the Need Index are Borgonova's. Do not redistribute the file; publish what you make from it, with the line “Source: Borgonova (borgonova.com), from ISTAT data”.
Questions
- Where does it come from?
- ISTAT: the official comune list, the 2019 and 2025 population-by-age releases, and the 2024 administrative boundaries for centroids. We assemble, compute the change and the median, score, and publish. Nothing is modelled or imputed; a missing input is a blank.
- What is the Need Index?
- A 0–100 score of how badly a comune is emptying: 65% population decline over six years, 35% ageing, both from ISTAT. It is deliberately not blended with liveability — the two are published side by side on the site so the tension stays visible. The dictionary gives the exact formula.
- Can I publish charts and figures from it?
- Yes. The licence covers one organisation. Publish derived charts and figures with attribution: “Source: Borgonova (borgonova.com), from ISTAT data”. Do not redistribute the file itself or a substantial part of it.
- Journalist or academic?
- Free. Email us from your work address with a line about the piece or the project, and the link comes back the same day. Attribution as above.
- How often is it refreshed?
- When ISTAT publishes: the population release is annual, so expect one major edition a year plus corrections. The annual licence receives refreshed editions at the same link. A one-off snapshot saves a fixed copy when payment is confirmed; you can download those same files again from your private link.
Browse it instead: all 7,896 comuni are on the site, free, one page each.