Number of live births in Italy
Italy: Number of live births was 393,333 births in 2022. ▼ Falling
Number of live births in Italy, 1954–2022
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in births.
Analysis
In 2022, number of live births in Italy stood at 393,333 births. That is the lowest value across all 69 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of live births in Italy peaked at 1.04 million births in 1964 and was at its lowest, 393,333 births, in 2022.
That places Italy 8th out of 34 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 69 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 886,970 births | 879,130 births | 910,628 births | 6 |
| 1960s | 967,987 births | 923,004 births | 1.04 million births | 10 |
| 1970s | 830,481 births | 682,632 births | 917,496 births | 10 |
| 1980s | 599,439 births | 560,658 births | 657,294 births | 10 |
| 1990s | 548,807 births | 526,064 births | 579,343 births | 10 |
| 2000s | 554,666 births | 535,282 births | 576,659 births | 10 |
| 2010s | 493,684 births | 420,084 births | 561,944 births | 10 |
| 2020s | 399,491 births | 393,333 births | 404,892 births | 3 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More population data for Italy
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.7% (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 1.26 million people (2100)
- Population density 119.63 people per km² (2100)
- World population growth -0.7% (2100)
- Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 1.18 births per woman (2024)
- Refugees by country of asylum 312,849 people (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 1.18 births per woman (2024)
- Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 1.18 births per woman (2024)
- Natural population growth rate -0.5% (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.2 live births per woman (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of live births in Italy?
- Number of live births in Italy was 393,333 births in 2022, according to Human Fertility Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of live births recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million births in 1964.
- What is the lowest number of live births recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 393,333 births in 2022.
- How does Italy rank for number of live births?
- Italy ranks 8th out of 34 countries with data for 2022.
- Is number of live births rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of live births. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total number of live births recorded in a given year.