Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1997, Italy's population change increased by 1.0% compared to 1996, reaching 9.8.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.1.

Italy ranks 15th out of 26 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 9.6 in 1992).

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