Population Dwindles As Italy’s Birth Rate Plummets To Record Low – By Alyssa Blakemore (Daily Caller) / Apr 7 2023
Italy’s population continues to shrink, as births in 2022 dropped to a historic low, according to national statistics released Friday.
The southern European nation logged less than 400,000 babies born last year, according to ISTAT figures cited in Reuters. Italy’s population shrank by 179,000 with 12 deaths for every seven births recorded in 2022, the outlet noted.
“A major factor is the reduction and the ageing of the female population in the 15-49 age group conventionally considered reproductive,” Reuters reported, quoting national statistics bureau ISTAT. A quarter of Italy’s population is age 65 or older, according to ISTAT.
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