Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2017, Italy's population change decreased by 3.8% compared to 2016, reaching 7.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.7.

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 14.6% (from 8.9 in 2012).

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