Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Italy's population change decreased by 2.0% compared to 1977, reaching 9.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.4.

Italy ranks 19th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.0% (from 10.0 in 1973).

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