Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Croatia's population change decreased by 2.5% compared to 2005, reaching 11.7.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.7.

Croatia ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.7% (from 11.5 in 2001).

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