In just three years, since 2019, the number of people conventionally defined as being of working age (15 to 64 years old) has fallen by nearly 800,000 units.
Based on Istat’s demographic projections, by the year 2040, Italy’s resident population will decline by 2.5 million in the central scenario, and that of people between the age of 15 and 64 by more than 6 million (Figure 10).