Biggest Cities of Italy by Year

Name the 5 biggest cities of Italy for every listed year.
By city proper population
Years are sorted vertically
In some cases we can not determine the five largest cities. I have included all possible candidates in those cases
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75
350,000
Rome
36,000
Capua
20,000
Pisa
18,000
Catania
15,000
Bologna
 
 
117
417,000
Rome
50,000
Syracuse
44,000
Capua
35,000
Ostia
28,000
Catania
28,000
Padua
28,000
Quarto d'Altino
 
 
800
50,000
Rome
30,000
Naples
30,000
Verona
25,000
Milan
25,000
Messina
 
 
1000
75,000
Palermo
45,000
Venice
35,000
Rome
30,000
Milan
20,000
Verona
 
 
1200
150,000
Palermo
70,000
Venice
60,000
Milan
35,000
Bologna
35,000
Messina
35,000
Naples
35,000
Rome
 
 
1300
110,000
Venice
85,000
Genoa
60,000
Milan
60,000
Florence
40,000
Naples
40,000
Bologna
1346
150,000
Milan
120,000
Florence
110,000
Venice
60,000
Genoa
50,000
Bologna
50,000
Naples
50,000
Palermo
50,000
Siena
 
 
1400
110,000
Venice
80,000
Milan
61,000
Florence
43,000
Bologna
40,000
Naples
 
 
1500
115,000
Venice
114,000
Naples
70,000
Florence
55,000
Bologna
40,000
Brescia
40,000
Cremona
 
 
1600
151,000
Venice
102,000
Rome
65,000
Genoa
65,000
Florence
62,000
Bologna
 
 
1700
144,000
Venice
138,000
Rome
68,000
Florence
67,000
Genoa
63,000
Bologna
1750
310,000
Naples
158,000
Venice
146,000
Rome
111,000
Palermo
74,000
Florence
 
 
1800
430,000
Naples
142,000
Rome
135,000
Palermo
122,000
Milan
66,000
Bologna
 
 
1850
413,000
Naples
170,000
Palermo
158,000
Rome
125,000
Turin
110,000
Genoa
 
 
1871
489,008
Naples
290,514
Milan
256,486
Genoa
223,689
Palermo
212,386
Rome
 
 
1881
535,206
Naples
354,041
Milan
289,234
Genoa
273,893
Rome
250,655
Turin
 
 
1901
621,213
Naples
538,478
Milan
422,319
Rome
377,610
Genoa
329,691
Turin
 
 
1911
751,211
Naples
701,401
Milan
518,804
Rome
465,496
Genoa
415,667
Turin
1921
859,629
Naples
818,148
Milan
660,091
Rome
541,562
Genoa
499,823
Turin
 
 
1931
960,660
Milan
930,723
Rome
831,781
Naples
590,753
Turin
590,736
Genoa
 
 
1936
1,150,338
Rome
1,115,768
Milan
865,913
Naples
634,646
Genoa
629,115
Turin
 
 
1951
1,632,402
Rome
1,274,187
Milan
1,010,550
Naples
719,300
Turin
688,447
Genoa
 
 
1961
2,163,555
Rome
1,582,474
Milan
1,182,815
Naples
1,025,822
Turin
784,194
Genoa
 
 
1971
2,750,370
Rome
1,732,068
Milan
1,226,594
Naples
1,167,968
Turin
816,872
Genoa
1981
2,805,109
Rome
1,604,844
Milan
1,212,387
Naples
1,117,154
Turin
762,895
Genoa
 
 
1991
2,775,250
Rome
1,369,231
Milan
1,067,365
Naples
962,507
Turin
698,556
Palermo
 
 
2001
2,546,804
Rome
1,256,211
Milan
1,004,500
Naples
865,263
Turin
686,722
Palermo
 
 
2011
2,617,175
Rome
1,242,123
Milan
962,003
Naples
872,367
Turin
657,561
Palermo
 
 
2021
1,749,031
Rome
1,349,930
Milan
921,142
Naples
848,748
Turin
635,439
Palermo
 
 
2025
2,746,984
Rome
1,366,155
Milan
908,082
Naples
856,745
Turin
625,956
Palermo
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