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[OC] European countries with the most Italian restaurants per 1 million residents compared to the size of the Italian diaspora

March 11, 2026

Fun finding: Norway eats more pizza per capita (11.4 kg/year) than Italy does, despite having almost no Italian population.

by VeridionData

VeridionData on March 11, 2026 2:05 pm

Data: Restaurant identification and total counts from Veridion, cross-referenced with BoldData, SmartScrapers/Google Maps, TripAdvisor, CGA by NIQ, and national statistics. Diaspora figures from Eurostat.

Tools: React, D3.js, TopoJSON, Claude for data aggregations and processing