Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2004, Finland's population change decreased by 3.2% compared to 2003, reaching 9.1.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.7.

Finland ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.2% (from 9.6 in 1999).

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