The Metropolitan City of Bologna is governed by a centre-left coalition, whose current mayor Matteo Lepore, was also the mayor of the Municipality of Bologna, elected in the 2021 elections.

According to the latest data dating back to 2023, the metropolitan area of Bologna has a total population of 1,018,346 inhabitants, of whom 124,557 are foreigners (12.2% of the population). 
The majority of the foreign population is made up of women (53%) and the average age is 36.2 years old.1 The three most common countries of origin are Romania (21.9%), Morocco (10%) Pakistan (6.9%).2

1) Data processed from the Metropolitan Atlas available at https://inumeridibolognametropolitana.it/atlantemetropolitano/home

2) Data on nationalities refer to 2022 and are processed from the Metropolitan Atlas available at https://inumeridibolognametropolitana.it/atlantemetropolitano/home