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Italy's low birth rate 'plunging further due to coronavirus crisis'
The coronavirus crisis has hit Italy's already historically-low birth rate, new projections from the national statistics agency reveal.
How ageing Italy plans to bump up its birth rate in 2020
Italy’s birth rate hit a record low in 2018, making it the least procreative country in the EU. Here are the measures the government is planning to introduce in 2020 to encourage Italians to be parents.
Italy is in a 'demographic recession' not seen since World War One
Italy's active population is shrinking at a rate not seen since the days when World War One and a deadly pandemic were wiping out people by the thousands, the latest figures from the national statistics office show.
Italians had 12,000 fewer babies in 2016
The number of births in Italy fell by more than 12,000 last year, the country’s national statistics office said on Tuesday.
This is what Italy's population will look like in 50 years
The population of Italy will decrease by seven million over the next 50 years, according to national statistics agency Istat.
Italy set to double baby bonus to fight birth rate 'apocalypse'
Italy’s health minister is proposing doubling a ‘baby bonus’ incentive for couples to have more children to combat what she calls a catastrophic decline in the country’s birth rate.