The number of babies born in Italy dropped to a new low in 2024, with 369,944 births registered here, a drop of 2.6% on the previous year, Istat said on Tuesday.

    The national statistics agency added that, according to provisional data, there were 13,000 fewer births between January and July 2025 than in the equivalent period in 2024, a drop of 6.3%.

    Istat said Italy's fertility rate fell to a new record low in 2024, with the average number of children per woman coming in at 1.18, down from 1.20 in 2023.
    The fertility rate for the first seven months of 2025 was 1.13, according to a provisional estimate.
    Births in Italy have been on a downward trend since 2008, when 576,000 babies were born here.
    Istat said the average age of a woman giving birth in Italy was 32.6 years in 2024, up from 32.5 years in 2023 and three years older than the average was in 1995.
    It said the average age of a woman giving birth for the first time was 31.9 years, up from 31.7 in 2023 and 28.1 in 1995.
    Premier Giorgia Meloni has said reversing Italy's declining birth rates is an "absolute priority" and her government has brought in support measures for families and means tested tax breaks for working mothers. 
   

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