Italy has long had one of the lowest birth rates in the EU, and the country is ageing at a much faster rate than other member states, and it appears to be getting worse. According to government ...

Births in Italy dropped to a new historic low below 400,000 in 2022, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Friday, as the population continued to shrink. Italy's death of babies is considered a ...

FILE PHOTO: World clocks 8 billion as Italy faces continued population decline ROME (Reuters) - Births in Italy dropped to a record low in 2023, the 15th consecutive annual decline, national ...

ROME — Italy’s national statistics institute is predicting that the country will see a significant decline in births in the years immediately following the coronavirus pandemic. In a July report, ...

Rome (CNN) — Italy, a country once known for its big families gathered around the dinner table, is facing a crisis of unparalleled proportions. For the first time, the number of births in a year fell ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The number of babies born in Italy dropped 2.6 per cent last year, while the number of Italians leaving the ...

Rome — Pope Francis warned Friday that Europe is mired in a "demographic winter" and encouraged Italians to have more children. The leader of the Catholic Church urged Italian politicians to take ...

Hundreds of Italian towns and villages had no baby births in 2023, contributing to a dramatic decline in the population that could threaten the country’s future. Zero births were registered in 358 ...