Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Italy's population change decreased by 4.5% compared to 1977, reaching 12.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.3.

Italy ranks 19th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 21.3% (from 16.0 in 1973).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_gind, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.