FILE PHOTO: A man checks his mobile phone next to a baby in a stroller in Naples, Italy April 19, 2020. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca/File Photo
ROME (Reuters) - The number of babies born in Italy hit a new record low in 2019, the population shrank and more Italians moved abroad, national statistics office ISTAT said on Monday.
Italy's demographic crisis, with a dwindling population and ageing workforce, is one reason for its chronically stagnant economy, economists say -- and the situation is getting worse.
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