Panic in Italy as country ‘running out of Italians’ - UK issued warning

Italy has become the oldest country in the EU due to one major problem. 11:29, Mon, Jul 27, 2026 Updated: 11:31, Mon, Jul 27, 2026 Italy has become the oldest country in the EU due to one major problem (Image: Getty)Italy is teetering on the edge of a full-blown demographic collapse as staggering official figures reveal the Mediterranean nation is rapidly "running out of Italians" - with experts delivering a chilling warning that Britain could be next. Official data from Italy’s national statistics agency, ISTAT, paints a grim picture of a society - currently sitting at just under 59 million - shrinking at an alarming rate.Last year, the country recorded a measly 355,000 births, an all-time historic low representing a drop of nearly 40% since 2008. Against those figures, 652,000 deaths were registered, creating a net loss of nearly 300,000 citizens in a single year - the equivalent of wiping out the entire population of Verona annually. With a fertility rate crashing to just 1.14 children per woman - well below the 2.1 required to maintain a stable population - and a median age rising past 49, Italy now holds the title of the oldest country in the European Union. Get the latest new...