Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2021, Croatia's population change increased by 2.2% compared to 2020, reaching 9.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.2.

Croatia ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.3% (from 9.1 in 2016).

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