Italy's population stops shrinking after 12 years - Official statistics, everything was achieved thanks to migration
Italy's population has stabilized after 12 years of decline, with immigration almost entirely offsetting a falling birth rate, while life expectancy continues to rise, the national statistics agency ISTAT said.
Preliminary data showed that the resident population was 58.94 million on January 1 of this year, practically unchanged from a year earlier, ISTAT said in its annual demographic report.
“Italy remains a country where only very positive net migration can compensate for a largely negative natural change and where the population continues to age,” the statistics office said. Without a steady influx of migrants, the population will continue to shrink, intensifying long-term pressures on the labor market and public finances, ISTAT added.
The influx of migrants has occurred under the right-wing government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which has pursued a tough stance on undocumented immigrants, while also increasing work visas for non-EU citizens.
Births fell to 355,000 in 2025, 3.9% less than a year earlier, to a new record low since the country's unification in 1861, while deaths remained broadly stable at 652,000, giving a negative balance of nearly 300,000 people.
Fertility fell further to an average of 1.14 children per woman, among the lowest levels in Europe and well below the replacement rate of 2.1, reflecting delayed parenthood and a shrinking number of potential parents.
Net immigration was 296,000, with arrivals from abroad reaching 440,000, while emigration fell sharply to 144,000, the lowest level recorded in the last decade. The resident foreign population rose by 188,000 to 5.56 million.
Life expectancy increased further after the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching 81.7 years for men and 85.7 for women, placing Italy among the countries with the highest life expectancy in the European Union, ISTAT said.
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