This map shows how European countries' birth rate per 1,000 people are much lower than other countries across the world. Click on each country to find out the rate and the population growth percentage, according to data from World Bank and CIA
Italy is dying and newborns are not replacing those who die, according to the country's health minister.But the map above shows Italy is not the only country facing a population in decline. Europe's population is overall increasing by a very small amount.Beatrice Lorenzin made her comments after the news that the country's birth rate - 8.4 per 1,000 people - is its lowest since the foundation of the modern state in 1861.
"We are at the threshold where people who die are not being replaced by newborns. That means we are a dying country."
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