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Italy's Fertility Rate Falls to 80-Year Low: Report

Summary by Times of India
Italy's birth rate fell nearly four percent last year, reaching a historic low. The fertility rate dropped to 1.14 children per woman, a significant decline. Economic pressures and a lack of support for working mothers contributed to this trend. This rate is far below the 2.1 needed for a stable population. Motherhood desires clash with job insecurity and high living costs.

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For the minister of work Calderone Italy remains the most beautiful country in the world, which offers unparalleled guarantees in the work. But less and less Italians decide to make children. And so the number of births collapses to the historical minimum since the Second World War, with the Belpaese that seems to slip more and more towards a slow, inexorable old age [...] L'articolo In Italy born only 355 thousand children in 2025: historical m…

·Rome, Italy
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With a total fertility rate of 1.33 children per woman in 2024, Quebec reached the lowest level in its demographic history. Yet, couples still aspire to raise two children on average.

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Italy's fertility rate falls to 80-year low: report

Italy would need a fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman to maintain a stable population without immigration. Read more at straitstimes.com.

·Singapore, Singapore
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In 2025, 3.9 percent fewer children were born than in the previous year, 355 thousand, while in 2000 the number of births reached 543 thousand.

·Hungary
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One report revealed that Italy recorded a new historical minimum in its fertility rate. What are the reasons?

In the past, Italy was a country with a high birth rate. Now, the number of births has fallen to 355,000 children a year, less than ever before – since the Second World War.

·Frankfurt, Germany
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ANSA broke the news in Rome, Italy on Tuesday, July 28, 2026.
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