Fewer than 400,000 babies were born in Italy last year, the lowest since the 1861 unification of the country, highlighting worsening demographic dynamics in an economy beset by high levels of public debt.
Just 393,000 babies were born in Italy in 2022, the national statistics agency Istat said on Friday, down about 1.8 per cent from the 400,249 born in 2021.
The decline to the lowest level since records began came despite the introduction of a financial incentive scheme aimed at encouraging more women to have children.
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