Mid-2024 estimates suggest that 3,251,166 people lived in Milan province-level municipality. The population of Milan today is lower than its historical peak. With rapid industrialization in post-war years, the population of Milan peaked at 1,743,427 in 1973. Thereafter, during the following decades, about one third of the population moved to the outer belt of suburbs and new satellite settlements that grew around the city proper.
Mid-2024 estimates suggest that 3,251,166 people lived in Milan province-level municipality The population of Milan today is lower than its historical peak. With rapid industrialization in post-war years, the population of Milan peaked at 1,743,427 in 1973. Thereafter, during the following decades, about one third o.f the population moved to the outer belt of suburbs and new satellite settlements that grew around the city proper.