Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2004, Italy's population change increased by 2.1% compared to 2003, reaching 9.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.2.

Italy ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.2% (from 9.4 in 1999).

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