Italy’s Record Low Birth Rate Highlights Worldwide Population Crisis

Italy’s population crisis deepened last year as the country recorded its lowest number of births since national unification in 1861, despite government incentives aimed at encouraging families to grow.According to Istat, Italy’s national statistics agency, just 370,000 babies were born in 2024 — a 2.6% drop from the previous year and the 16th consecutive annual decline in births, Financial Times reported March 31.Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has made reversing Italy’s demographic collapse