Pope tells Italians they need to have more babies amid record-low fertility ratesItalyβs birth rate, already one of the lowest in the world, has been falling steadily for about 15 years and reached a record low last year.
Italy's falling birth rate is a crisis that's only getting worseItalian welfare systems are already struggling to cope with the ageing of the population, and there is no consensus on what to do about it.
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