Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1970, Finland's population change decreased by 3.0% compared to 1969, reaching 9.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.4.

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 fallen by 1.0% (from 9.7 in 1965).

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