Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Italy's population change increased by 1.1% compared to 2005, reaching 9.6.

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

Italy ranks 22nd 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 2.1% (from 9.4 in 2001).

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