Birth rate and fertility

In 2018 there were 439,747 live births, -18,000 less than in 2017; the average number of children per woman dropped to 1.29

Reference period: Year 2018

Date of Issue: 21 January 2020

Ontology on people and households (CPV_AP-IT)

The ontology CPV_AP-IT is the Italian application profile that describes people, their place of residence, their place of birth and households

Date of Issue: 04 December 2019

Non-EU citizens in Italy

In 2018 242,009 new residence permits were issued (-7.9% less than the previous year)

Reference period: Years 2018-2019

Date of Issue: 07 November 2019

National demographic balance

Resident population still decreasing: at 31 December 2018 the population amounted to 60,359,546 residents (-0.2% y-o-y)

Reference period: Year 2018

Date of Issue: 08 July 2019

Demographic indicators

On 1st January 2019, total population estimate was 60,391 million residents (nearly -90 thousand)

Reference period: Year 2018

Date of Issue: 07 February 2019

International and internal migrations

In 2017 the immigration flow amounted to over 343 thousand people (301 thousand were foreign citizens; + 14.5%)

Reference period: Year 2017

Date of Issue: 13 December 2018

Birth and fertility

In 2017 458,151 births were registered in Italy (-15,000 than in 2016); total fertility rate was 1.32

Reference period: Year 2017

Date of Issue: 30 November 2018