Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Italy's population change decreased by 1.1% compared to 1997, reaching 9.3.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.3.

Italy ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.1% (from 9.7 in 1993).

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