In 2017 in Italy there were only 464 thousand births, a new historical minimum. And there is also a negative record for the difference between born and dead: -183 thousand.
According to the latest data just published by Istat.
"In 2017, 464 thousand counted birth, New historical minimum and 2% less than in 2016, when they had 473 thousand - reads the report -. THE deaths I am 647 thousand, 31 thousand more than 2016 (+ 5.1%). In relation to the number of residents, 10.7 individuals were deceased in 2017, every thousand inhabitants, against 10.1 in 2016. The natural balance in 2017 is negative (-183 thousand) and registers a historic minimum.
It is also estimated that in Italy on 1 January 2018 the population amounts to 60 million 494 thousand residents, almost 100 thousand less on the previous year (-1.6 per thousand). ,
