Italy’s population stops shrinking after 12 years, thanks to migration
Italy's population has stabilised after 12 years of decline, with immigration almost entirely offsetting a shrinking number of births, while life expectancy continues to rise, national statistics agency ISTAT said on Tuesday. Preliminary data showed the resident population stood at 58.94 million on January 1 this year, virtually unchanged from a year earlier, ISTAT said in its annual demographic report. "Italy remains a country where only very positive net migration can offset a largely negative natural change and where the population...
