Mortality rate at an all-time high, and newborns at an all-time low. It is the demographic photograph of Italy taken by theIstat, according to which in 2015 the dead were 653 thousand, 54 more than the previous year (+9,1%), recording a mortality rate of 10,7 per thousand, the highest among those measured since the Second World War onwards. The deaths were concentrated in the elderly segments of the population (75-95 years).
In decline births, at an altitude of 488 thousand (8 per thousand residents), 15 thousand less than in 2014. A figure that marks a new historic low since the unification of Italy. The natural balance (difference between births and deaths), therefore, was negative for 165 thousand units.
According to Istat demographic indicators, the life expectancy at birth it marks a slight decrease compared to 2014: for men it stands at 80,1 years (from 80,3), for women at 84,7 years (from 85). The net migratory balance with foreign countries is 128 units, the result of 273 registrations and 145 cancellations.
Declining the resident population in Italy, which recorded a decrease of 139 thousand units during 2015, settling at 60,656 million residents on January 5,054st. Foreigners residing in Italy are 8,3 million and represent 39% of the total population, with an increase of XNUMX thousand units compared to the previous year.
Italy continues to age: there are 13,4 million people over 22, 2015% of the total population, while in 15 both the working age population (64-14 years) and the population up to 39 years of age decreased. The first drops to 64,3 million, 8,3% of the total, the second includes 13,7 million children and represents XNUMX%.
The number of residents aged 75 and over grew, from 6,7 to 6,8 million; they are 11,2% of the total residents: the structural dependency ratio grows in one year from 55,1 to 55,5%, that of dependency of the elderly from 33,7 to 34,2%. The average age of the population rises by a further two tenths to 44,6 years.
In detail, Liguria remains the region with the highest average age of the population (48,5 years), followed by Friuli-Venezia Giulia (46,9 years) and Tuscany (46,5 ), while in Campania there is mean age of the lowest population (41,7 years).
