Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2021, Croatia's population change increased by 11.0% compared to 2020, reaching 16.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 11.9.

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 28.6% (from 12.6 in 2016).

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