Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Finland's population change decreased by 1.1% compared to 1977, reaching 9.2.

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

Finland ranks 21st out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.1% (from 9.3 in 1973).

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