Italian fathers are the oldest in Europe, with an average age of almost 36 years for the first child (and increasing)

Italian men become fathers later than Europeans: Istat data show that in Italy men become fathers on average at 35.8 years, while in France at 33.9, in Germany at 33.2, in England and Wales at 33.7. A trend more frequent than in the past that concerns about 70% of new Italian fathers: this means that 1 in 3 men is without children or over the age of 36.