Couples with children in Italy 2012-2023, by number of children

The number of couples with children in Italy has decreased in recent years. In 2012, there were 9.17 million couples with children, most of which had only one kid. More than ten years after, the number of couples reduced to 8.1 million, with only about 814,000 having three or more kids. Couples with children constitute less than 30 percent of the Italian population.

More and more single parents in Italy

Whereas the number of couples with kids is decreasing, when it comes to single parents a countertendency can be observed. The number of mothers and fathers raising their offspring alone increased over the years, regardless of the number of the children.

Single parents in other European countries

An increase in the number of parents raising their children alone can also be observed in other European countries, like in the Netherlands, where the number of single mothers and fathers has steadily grown over the last years. On the other hand, Germany registered a decline in the total number of single parents with underage children, with figures for single fathers growing to 181,000 in 2018.