Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1999, Austria's population change decreased by 3.9% compared to 1998, reaching 9.8.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.3.

Austria ranks 17th 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 15.5% (from 11.6 in 1994).

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