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Italy — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Italy, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.06%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -109.4% since 1961
Population growth for Italy was -0.06% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 0.84% in 1965. The lowest was -0.52% in 2021 (about 8.2× the latest value).
Italy ranks 174 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 80%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Italy sits below it. It peaked in 1965 and has fallen 107% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 58%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.06%
First (1961)
0.67%
Change
-109.4%
Highest
0.84%
in 1965
Lowest
-0.52%
in 2021
Average
0.25%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.06% |
| 2024 | -0.05% |
| 2023 | -0.05% |
| 2022 | -0.2% |
| 2021 | -0.52% |
| 2020 | -0.49% |
| 2019 | -0.25% |
| 2018 | -0.21% |
| 2017 | -0.19% |
| 2016 | -0.19% |
| 2015 | -0.15% |
| 2014 | 0.02% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.