Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2007, Italy's population change increased by 1.0% compared to 2006, reaching 9.7.

The figure is in line with 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 1.0% (from 9.8 in 2002).

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