 Between 1898 and 1914, the peak years of Italian diaspora, approximately 750,000 Italians emigrated each year.The diaspora concerned more than 25 million Italians and it is considered the biggest mass migration of contemporary times.As a result, today more than 4.1 million Italian citizens are living abroad, while at least 60 million people of full or part Italian ancestry live outside of Italy, most notably in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela, the United States, Canada, Australia and France.