Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2003, Italy's population change increased by 4.1% compared to 2002, reaching 10.2.

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

Italy ranks 14th 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 2.0% (from 10.0 in 1998).

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