25% of new babies in Italy are foreigners

  Twenty five percent of new born babies have foreign parents and almost 30% of young people aged between 25 and 29 years old are immigrants, a new survey on the population of Turin has revealed.In spite of the high number of new immigrants in Italy, the population of the country is not growing at all. In a place like Turin where there are 88,394 foreign residents, the general population of the residents in the city has grown by just 7,954.

According to the Registry Office of the City Council of Turin that carried out the survey, the population of the city between 2003 and 2009 has got to a point of no growth.

The survey also revealed that immigrant women are now giving birth to less children, compared to their fellow citizens back home. Their birth rate has decreased by 0,6% from 2,7 in 2004 to 2,1 in 2008 while the birth rate of Italian women is 1,4.

At the same time, the report revealed that the number of young people aged between 25 and 29 years old has decreased by 19,4% while that of those aged between 30 and 34 years old has decreased by 16,1%.

The population of adults aged over 79 years old has increased by 24%, reaching 60,571 in 2008 from 48,789 of 2003.