NUTS 3 areas of Italy by natural change rate

Bolzano-Bozen had the highest natural change rate of 107 areas in 2014, at 2.7 per 1,000 inhabitants. Alessandria had the lowest, at -6.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was -2.3 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Italy was -1.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest2.7Bolzano-Bozen
Lowest-6.9Alessandria
Median-2.3107 areas
Italy-1.6History

Top 40 areas, 2014

Bolzano-Bozen: 2.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsBolzano-Bozen2.7Caserta: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsCaserta0.9Barletta-Andria-Trani: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsBarletta-Andria-Trani0.8Catania: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsCatania0.8Napoli: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsNapoli0.8Bergamo: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsBergamo0.7Latina: 0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatina0.5Brescia: 0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsBrescia0.4Crotone: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsCrotone0.3Monza e della Brianza: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsMonza e della Brianza0.3Treviso: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsTreviso0.3Trento: 0.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsTrento0.2Milano: 0 per 1,000 inhabitantsMilano0Palermo: 0 per 1,000 inhabitantsPalermo0Verona: 0 per 1,000 inhabitantsVerona0Vicenza: -0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsVicenza-0.1Lodi: -0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsLodi-0.3Bari: -0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsBari-0.4Roma: -0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsRoma-0.4Prato: -0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsPrato-0.5Ragusa: -0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsRagusa-0.5Como: -0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsComo-0.6Foggia: -0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsFoggia-0.6Padova: -0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsPadova-0.6Pordenone: -0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsPordenone-0.6Reggio nell’Emilia: -0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsReggio nell’Emilia-0.7Varese: -0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsVarese-0.7Lecco: -0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsLecco-0.8Taranto: -0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsTaranto-0.8Cagliari: -0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsCagliari-0.9Rimini: -0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsRimini-0.9Siracusa: -1 per 1,000 inhabitantsSiracusa-1Modena: -1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsModena-1.1Salerno: -1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsSalerno-1.1Catanzaro: -1.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsCatanzaro-1.3Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste: -1.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsValle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste-1.3Reggio Calabria: -1.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsReggio Calabria-1.4Vibo Valentia: -1.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsVibo Valentia-1.4Agrigento: -1.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsAgrigento-1.7Caltanissetta: -1.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsCaltanissetta-1.7
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankAreas2014
per 1,000 inhabitants
Change on 2013
1Bolzano-Bozen2.7+0.3 pts
2Caserta0.9-0.1 pts
3Barletta-Andria-Trani0.80 pts
3Catania0.8+0.4 pts
3Napoli0.8-0.3 pts
6Bergamo0.7-0.3 pts
7Latina0.5-0.4 pts
8Brescia0.4-0.2 pts
9Crotone0.3-0.8 pts
9Monza e della Brianza0.3-0.5 pts
9Treviso0.3-0.2 pts
12Trento0.2-0.3 pts
13Milano0+0.1 pts
13Palermo0+0.1 pts
13Verona0+0.2 pts
16Vicenza-0.1-0.2 pts
17Lodi-0.3-0.3 pts
18Bari-0.4-0.5 pts
18Roma-0.4-0.5 pts
20Prato-0.5-0.3 pts
20Ragusa-0.5-0.2 pts
22Como-0.6-0.1 pts
22Foggia-0.6-0.2 pts
22Padova-0.6-0.4 pts
22Pordenone-0.6+0.1 pts
26Reggio nell’Emilia-0.7-0.4 pts
26Varese-0.7-0.2 pts
28Lecco-0.8-0.2 pts
28Taranto-0.8-0.1 pts
30Cagliari-0.9-0.1 pts
30Rimini-0.9-0.3 pts
32Siracusa-1-0.2 pts
33Modena-1.10 pts
33Salerno-1.1+0.3 pts
35Catanzaro-1.3-0.2 pts
35Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste-1.3+0.5 pts
37Reggio Calabria-1.4-0.7 pts
37Vibo Valentia-1.4+0.3 pts
39Agrigento-1.7+0.4 pts
39Caltanissetta-1.7-0.3 pts
41Sassari-1.8-0.1 pts
42Brindisi-2-0.6 pts
42Cosenza-2-0.4 pts
42Mantova-2-0.3 pts
42Pisa-2+0.3 pts
42Sondrio-2-0.6 pts
47Pesaro e Urbino-2.10 pts
47Pescara-2.1-0.7 pts
49Forlì-Cesena-2.2-0.4 pts
49Teramo-2.2-0.1 pts
51Lecce-2.3-0.5 pts
51Matera-2.3-0.4 pts
51Novara-2.3-0.7 pts
51Torino-2.3+0.1 pts
55Trapani-2.5+0.2 pts
56Perugia-2.6-0.3 pts
57Cremona-2.7+0.1 pts
57Cuneo-2.7-0.4 pts
57Firenze-2.7-0.2 pts
57Parma-2.7-0.6 pts
61Bologna-2.8-0.2 pts
61Frosinone-2.8-0.1 pts
61Venezia-2.8-0.2 pts
64Pistoia-2.9+0.2 pts
65Ancona-3-0.1 pts
65Ascoli Piceno-3-0.1 pts
67Macerata-3.2-0.1 pts
67Nuoro-3.2-1.2 pts
69Arezzo-3.3+0.3 pts
69Messina-3.3-0.3 pts
69Ravenna-3.3-0.1 pts
72Avellino-3.4-0.4 pts
72Chieti-3.4+0.3 pts
74Fermo-3.5-0.7 pts
74Sud Sardegna-3.5-0.5 pts
76Siena-3.6+0.2 pts
77Potenza-3.7+0.2 pts
77Viterbo-3.7-0.1 pts
79L’Aquila-3.8-0.2 pts
79Udine-3.80 pts
81Piacenza-3.90 pts
82Benevento-4-0.7 pts
82Enna-4-0.8 pts
84Pavia-4.1-0.1 pts
85Campobasso-4.2-0.2 pts
86Lucca-4.40 pts
87Verbano-Cusio-Ossola-4.6-0.1 pts
88Isernia-4.7-0.1 pts
88Oristano-4.7-0.7 pts
88Rieti-4.7+0.2 pts
91Livorno-4.80 pts
92Terni-5.1+0.1 pts
93Belluno-5.2+0.1 pts
94Asti-5.4-0.6 pts
94Gorizia-5.4+0.1 pts
96Grosseto-5.5+0.1 pts
96Massa-Carrara-5.5+1.1 pts
98Rovigo-5.7-0.9 pts
99Vercelli-5.9+0.2 pts
100Biella-6+0.6 pts
101Genova-6.3+0.5 pts
101La Spezia-6.3+0.2 pts
101Savona-6.3+1.1 pts
104Ferrara-6.4-0.8 pts
104Imperia-6.4-0.4 pts
106Trieste-6.8+0.7 pts
107Alessandria-6.90 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Live births minus deaths during the year per 1,000 average residents (Eurostat crude rate of natural change).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3) (NUTS 3 areas of Italy by natural change rate, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table

MLA 9

Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3), NUTS 3 areas of Italy by natural change rate, 2014. Eurostat, European Commission, 21 July 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-rate/italy-provinces?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). NUTS 3 areas of Italy by natural change rate, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-rate/italy-provinces?period=2014.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3), NUTS 3 areas of Italy by natural change rate, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-rate/italy-provinces?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_nuts_3_areas_of_2014,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo\_r\_gind3): NUTS 3 areas of Italy by natural change rate, 2014}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-rate/italy-provinces?period=2014. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo\_r\_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo\_r\_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Eurostat, European Commission
TI  - Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3): NUTS 3 areas of Italy by natural change rate, 2014
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/07/21
PB  - Eurostat, European Commission
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-rate/italy-provinces?period=2014
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-rate/italy-provinces?period=2014.
N1  - Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  - 
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank NUTS 3 areas of Italy by natural change rate using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"natural_change_rate","level":"province","within":"Italy","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=natural_change_rate&level=province&within=Italy&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which area has the highest natural change rate?

Bolzano-Bozen, with 2.7 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural change rate?

Alessandria, with -6.9 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Natural change rate: other rankings

NUTS 3 areas of Italy: more rankings