Italy’s fertility rate fell to a new low of 1.14 children per woman in 2025 — one of the lowest levels in the world, official data released on Tuesday showed.<\/p>\n
The figures are the latest sign of Italy’s rapidly ageing population.<\/p>\n
The report from the Istat agency also showed that Italy has some of the highest life expectancy rates in Europe — 81.7 years for men and 85.7 years for women.<\/p>\n
Sociologist Chiara Saraceno told AFP women were putting off having children out of financial considerations because of “precarious conditions for young people”.<\/p>\n
“It is even harder for women because, in Italy, the division of domestic labour remains highly unequal.<\/p>\n
“Nobody here says anymore that ‘mums shouldn\u2019t work’, but they are expected to look after the children,” she said.<\/p>\n
Italy was one of the 10 countries with the lowest fertility rates along with China, Japan and Poland, according to a World Bank ranking using data from 2023.<\/p>\n
Fertility rates in the EU as a whole fell from 1.57 children per woman in 2010 to 1.34 in 2024.<\/p>\n
In Italy, the region with the lowest fertility rate was Sardinia with an average of 0.85 children per woman.<\/p>\n
The size of the population in 2025 compared with 2024 remained broadly stable thanks to immigration.<\/p>\n
The population of foreign residents grew by 188,000 while the Italian resident population was down by 189,000.<\/p>\n
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