Moroccans in Italy  There is a large population of Moroccans in Italy. According to Italy's 2016 census, 675,650 Italians are foreign people with Moroccan nationality, ethnic-Moroccans are estimated at 1,025,000, that is 1,1% the population of Italy. Moroccans continue to be the third largest non-indigenous minority ethnic group in Italy after Romanians and Albanians. Based on Demo Istat statistics. In the years 2011 and 2012 the ISTAT made a survey regarding the religious affiliation among the immigrants in Italy, the religion of the Moroccan people in Italy were as follows: