Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2004, Italy's population change decreased by 6.9% compared to 2003, reaching 9.5.

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

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 fallen by 3.1% (from 9.8 in 1999).

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