Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2022, Croatia's population change decreased by 8.6% compared to 2021, reaching 14.8.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 11.5.

Croatia ranks 4th 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 12.1% (from 13.2 in 2017).

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