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 ...

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.

In 2025, Italy continues to break records for low birth rates: the previous year, there were only 370,000 births, with a fertility rate of 1.18 children per woman, the lowest ever recorded in the ...

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 ...