Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2008, Finland's population change decreased by 1.1% compared to 2007, reaching 9.2.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.8.

Finland ranks 18th 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 2.1% (from 9.4 in 2003).

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