Italy - Births





Italy: Births

Mnemonic BTH.IITA
Unit #, NSA
Adjustments Not Seasonally Adjusted
Monthly 1.96 %
Data Aug 2023 33,093
Jul 2023 33,753

Series Information

Source Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
Release Sub-National - Monthly Demographic Balance
Frequency Monthly
Start Date 1/31/2003
End Date 8/31/2023

Italy: Demographics

Reference Last Previous Units Frequency
Births Aug 2023 33,093 33,753 #, NSA Monthly
Deaths Aug 2023 50,788 53,968 #, NSA Monthly
Population Aug 2023 58,776,233 58,779,391 #, NSA Monthly
Net Migration 2017 350,000 # Annual
Birth Rate 2016 7.8 8 # per Ths. pop. Annual
Death Rate 2015 10.7 # per Ths. pop. Annual

Release Information

The Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) publishes data on Italy's demographic balance each month for national and regional levels. The dataset includes information on live births, deaths, change of residencies, net migration, and the population balance. 

  • Sex: Both, male, female
  • Measurement: Unitary count (#)
  • Adjustment: Not applicable
  • Native frequency: Monthly
  • Start date: As early as 2002m12, but most series at 2004m1
  • Geo coverage:
    • Country (IITA)
    • 5x NUTS 1 (IITA_aaaa)
    • 21x NUTS 2 (IITA_aa)
    • 107x NUTS 3 (IITA_aaa)
    • All LAU 1 / municipalities (IITA_nnnnnn)
  • All concept-geo pairs exist: Yes

Italian and foreign citizens living within national borders must, by law, register in their respective municipality. The legal population is determined based upon the Population Census.

Registrations are reported as a total and include registrations from one Italian municipality to another, change of residence from abroad, and registrations for other reasons. Registrations for other reasons include updating or correcting Census information.

Breaks

The source notes a break in the time series at 2019. They write (Citation): Starting from the demographic balance of 2019, the reference time is the event date.

Some geographical areas have changed boundaries, but the source reported them as continuous time series. These series carry a bracketed notation indicating the date of the break.

Further reading

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