Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1981, Italy's population change decreased by 6.7% compared to 1980, reaching 1.4.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 3.4.

Italy ranks 17th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 65.9% (from 4.1 in 1976).

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