Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
Births in Italy are heading for a new record low this year, according to preliminary data that points to a deepening of the country's long-standing demographic crisis.

Between January and June there were 3,500 fewer births than in the same period of 2022, the data from national statistics bureau ISTAT showed.

In 2022 as a whole, births fell 1.7% to 393,000, a 14th consecutive drop and the lowest number since the country's unification in 1861.


https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...ce-2023-10-26/



It seems unlikely that the birth rate would drop so suddenly to zero. Is there any other evidence of this? The article gives no source (maybe it does in the full article which I can't read) and medium.com is a website where anyone can publish an article.

So how sure are you that this is correct?
I’m not a free search engine, so could you do your own research to counteract the link I posted. I think the key in my post is the emoji

What is certain is most of the EU, China and Japan are also seeing record low levels of births.

Perhaps you could explain why?

Thanks Mr L