Italy's population continues to
decline, national statistics agency ISTAT said on Monday.
As of December 31, 2022 the number of people living in the
country fell to 58,997,201, according to the 2022 census.
Italy is "losing population and ageing despite the contribution
of foreigners", ISTAT said.
Some 51.2% of the total population is female and 48.8% is male.
The generational ratio is also increasingly unbalanced, ISTAT
said.
For every child under the age of six, there are now more than
five elderly people, while if in 1971 there were 46 over-65s for
every 100 young people under 15, today there are 193.
The birth rate also fell to a new record low of 393,000 in 2022,
almost 7,000 fewer births than in 2021 (-1.7%).
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