24/1/2011 00:00:00
Istat has released estimates of demographic indicators in 2010 that will be finally revised in the month of May. Births and deaths are declining due to the decrease in the fertility rate (1.4 children per woman) and the increase in life expectancy (79.1 for men, 84.3 for women). But being the first fallen more the latter, the balance of growth is further negative (-0.5 per thousand). Foreign residents increase reaching 4.5 million.