Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1999, Italy's population change decreased by 2.0% compared to 1998, reaching 9.8.

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

Italy ranks 16th 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 1.0% (from 9.7 in 1994).

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