Demography Roundup #9
Italy's young adult population share is now the lowest in Europe + new stats on crime and teen social media use.
#1: Italy’s young adult population is rapidly shrinking.
It’s no secret that Italy’s population is rapidly aging. But new figures from the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) truly put Italy’s youth dearth into perspective. Between 2002 and 2021, the number of 18- to 34-year-olds plummeted by three million people to 10.2M. T…