Istat. 60.5 million resident in Italy, 5 million foreigners. Continued decline in births: -12 thousand over 2015

Share

13 June 2017 At 31 December 2016,

, of which more than 5 million foreign citizens, equal to 8.3% of national residents (10.6% in the Center-North, 4.0% in the South). This was stated by Istat in its 2016 demographic balance presented today. The

already seen the previous year

continues in 2016

. The overall balance is negative for 76,106 units, determined by the decline in the population of Italian citizenship (96,976 fewer residents) while the foreign population increases by 20,870 units. However, within the foreign population the female component decreases for the first time since the 1990s when Italy became a country of immigration.

Continue on

in progress since 2008. This was stated by Istat in the 2016 demographic balance. , 7% of the total), also decreasing. The natural movement of the population recorded a negative balance (births minus deaths) for almost 142,000 units. The natural balance is positive for foreign citizens (almost 63 thousand units), while for Italian residents the deficit is very large and equal to 204,675 units. There were over 615,000 deaths, about 32,000 fewer than in 2015, the record year of mortality, but in line with the growth trend of previous years, due to the aging of the population.

Citizenship acquisitions continue to grow: in 2016 there

were more than 200,000

.

In Italy there are about 200 nationalities: in half of the cases they are European citizens (over 2.6 million).

The most represented citizenship is the Romanian one (23.2%) followed by the Albanian one (8.9%).

The greater attractiveness of the Northern and Central regions towards which migratory flows from both abroad and from within is confirmed.