Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2016, Italy's population change decreased by 2.5% compared to 2015, reaching 7.9.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.9.

Italy ranks 27th 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 13.2% (from 9.1 in 2011).

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