Population natural increase in Italy 2023, by macro-region

The natural increase in the population is the difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths over 1,000 individuals.

In 2023, the natural increase in central Italy stood at -5.5 per 1,000 inhabitants, whereas this value in the south amounted to -4 over 1,000 residents. In the same year, the nationwide natural increase in population was -4.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. Hence, only the north-east and the south were below the national average.