意大利国家统计局（ISTAT）周三表示，意大利今年出生人口将进一步下降至历史最低水平，加剧该国的人口危机。
Italy is set to suffer a further drop in the number of births this year to a historic low, aggravating the country's demographic crisis, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Wednesday.
意大利去年仅记录355,772名新生儿，为1861年意大利统一以来的最低数字，也是连续第17年下降。
Italy last year recorded just 355,772 births, the lowest figure since Italian unification in 1861, and the 17th consecutive year in which the figure declined.
ISTAT在一份声明中称，2026年前七个月这一负面趋势延续，新生儿不足197,000人，较2025年同期下降1.1%。
In the first seven months of 2026 the negative trend continued, with just under 197,000 newborns, down 1.1% from the same period of 2025, ISTAT said in a statement.
衡量每名育龄妇女平均生育子女数的生育率在1至7月微降至1.13，低于去年创下的历史最低值1.14。意大利长期下降的出生率被视为国家紧急事件。
The fertility rate, measuring the average number of children born to each woman of child-bearing age, edged down in January-July to 1.13, from last year's record low of 1.14. Italy's long-declining birth rate is considered a national emergency.
尽管总理焦尔吉娅·梅洛尼及其前任均承诺应对这一问题，但无人能够遏制这一下降趋势。
Despite Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her predecessors' pledges to confront the issue, no one has been able to halt the drop.
ISTAT报告称，2025年女性生育首胎的平均年龄为32岁，大体与前一年持平。
ISTAT reported that in 2025 the average age of women when they had their first child was 32, broadly in line with the year before.
2025年，44.1%的儿童出生于非婚父母，高于前一年的43.2%。
In 2025 44.1% of children were born to unmarried parents, up from 43.2% the year before.
去年意大利新生儿最常见的名字为：女孩叫索菲亚，男孩叫莱昂纳多。
The most common first names given to Italian children born last year were Sofia for girls and Leonardo for boys.