Discouraging news about the birth rate emerges from the report published by Istat for 2023. Compared to the previous year, new births fell to 379,890, recording a decrease of 3.4%. And the decline in births continues in 2024: according to provisional January-July data, births are 4,600 fewer than at the same period in 2023. The average number of children per woman is falling: it amounts to 1.20, decreasing in 2022 (1.24) and the provisional estimate established for the first 7 months of 2024 highlights a fertility of 1.21.
200 thousand fewer births than in 2008
