Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2009, Croatia's population change increased by 0.8% compared to 2008, reaching 12.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.8.

Croatia ranks 6th 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 6.1% (from 11.5 in 2004).

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