Italy recorded 392,600 births in 2022, down from 400,249 the previous year, ISTAT said, the 14th consecutive fall and the lowest number since the country's unification in 1861. "A major factor is ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Fewer than 400,000 babies were born in Italy last year, the lowest since the 1861 unification of the ...