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 ...

The Vatican announced on Thursday that Pope Francis will speak at an event on Italy’s demographic crisis as the country’s birth rate sits at a historic low. Pope Francis will address “The General ...

Pope Francis on Monday received the prefects of the Italian Republic in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace and expressed his concern about the low birth rate in the country, lamenting that ...

ROME, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Births in Italy are heading for a new record low in 2024, national statistical bureau ISTAT said on Monday, marking a 16th consecutive annual decline and the lowest number ...

ROME, March 29 (Reuters) - Births in Italy dropped to a record low in 2023, the 15th consecutive annual decline, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Friday, as the population continued to shrink.

ROME, NOV 27 - Italy is set for another record low in the number of births registered here this year, Francesco Maria Chelli, the president of national statistics agency Istat, told the States General ...