population

Italy’s Birth Rate Falls to Record Low, Istat Reports

The number of babies born in Italy fell to a new historic low in 2024, with 369,944 births registered, a 2.6% decline from the previous year, national statistics agency Istat…

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Italy’s working age population set to shrink by one fifth

Italy's working age population is set to shrink by more than a fifth over the next 25 years, national statistics agency Istat said, highlighting the country's severe demographic challenges. Italy…

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EU population hits record 450 million on another migration boost

Migration into the European Union pushed its population to a record 450.4 million people last year, offsetting a natural population decline for the fourth straight year, EU data released on…

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Italy Sees Sharp Rise in Graduate Emigration Amid Demographic Decline

Italy has experienced a significant exodus of young, educated professionals over the past decade, with approximately 97,000 graduates leaving the country, according to the national statistics agency ISTAT. In 2024…

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Population in England and Wales rises by most in 75 years

Record immigration caused the population of England and Wales to rise by 610,000 to 60.9 million in mid-2023, the largest annual increase in 75 years, official data showed this week.…

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Germany population growth to remain flat

A study released by the Bertelsmann Foundation on Tuesday showed that Germany is expected to see a slight 0.6% increase in population by 2040.The forecast is based on births, deaths and migration provided by the…

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Global fertility rates to decline, shifting population burden to low-income countries

By Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) - Fertility rates in nearly all countries will be too low to sustain population levels by the end of the century, and most of the world's…

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China’s “dragon” baby boom may boost population in 2024- report

HONG KONG, (Reuters) - More babies are being born in hospitals across China in the Year of the Dragon, financial news outlet Yicai reported, an increase which could soften the…

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Spanish birth rate hits lowest level since records began in 1941

Spain's birth rate has dropped to its lowest level since records started in 1941, provisional data from its National Statistics Institute (INE) showed , with just 322,075 babies adding to…

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China’s CCTV slams Western hype of its population decline

HONG KONG, April 20 (Reuters) - Western media reports on China's population being overtaken by India deliberately ignores China's development, using the topic to "bad mouth" it and advocate decoupling,…

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Malta’s population grows by almost 25% in a decade, Census shows

Over a century, the population of Malta has more than doubled (by 2.5 times), while in the past 10 years, it grew by nearly a quarter, reaching 519,562. This was…

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Hit by COVID-19, EU population shrinks for second year running – Eurostat

July 11 (Reuters) - The European Union's population shrank for a second year running last year, the bloc's statistics office said on Monday, as the region reels from over two million deaths…

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Births in Italy hit 160-year low and continue to slide

Births in Italy last year hit their lowest level since the unification of Italy in 1861, the national statistics office said on Tuesday, as the figure fell for a 12th consecutive year. There were 404,892 births last year, the…

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Singapore population sees biggest percentage drop since 1950

Singapore's population size this year saw its sharpest percentage drop since 1950, a report said on Tuesday, as coronavirus-induced travel restriction kept foreigners away from the Asian financial hub. It…

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Malta registers lowest fertility rate in EU

Malta recorded the lowest fertility rates in the European Union (1.14 births per woman), data published by Eurostat shows. This is significantly lower than the EU average, which stands at…

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Malta among EU nations with lowest overcrowding in homes

In the European Union 17.2% of the population were living in overcrowded households in 2019, meaning they did not have enough rooms compared to the size of the household. Malta stands…

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CiNext – Malta Insights

Fitch Ratings expects unemployment in Malta to double in 2020 Fitch Ratings is forecasting unemployment in Malta to double throughout 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In its…

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Malta: The population in Malta exceeds half a million

Official figures released by the NSO indicate that for the first time in history the population of the Maltese islands has exceeded half a million, with Malta remaining the smallest…

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Serbia struggles with population decline

According to the World Bank, Serbia’s population of just below 7 million is projected to fall to 5.8 million by 2050. That would represent a 25% fall since 1990. The…

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World’s population to hit 7.75 billion in 2019

By the end of this year there will be some 7.75 billion people living on planet earth, according to Germany's Foundation for World Population (DSW). The estimate gauges that the world's…

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Bird populations are collapsing in the US and Asia

Bird populations in Asia and the US are "in crisis", according to two major studies. The first concludes there are three billion fewer birds in the US and Canada today…

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Photo Story – Vietnam population reaches 96.2 million

Vehicles passing a street in Hanoi, Vietnam 22 July 2019. Vietnam's population hit 96.2 million on 01 April, ranking 15th in the world and the third in Southeast Asia, according…

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World Population Day: EU registers more deaths than births

As the world commemorates World Population Day, an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues European Union statistic paint a…

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