Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Finland's population change decreased by 2.9% compared to 1977, reaching 13.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.3.

Finland ranks 18th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.7% (from 12.2 in 1973).

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