Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1970, Finland's population change decreased by 4.3% compared to 1969, reaching 4.4.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 6.0.

Finland ranks 17th 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 39.7% (from 7.3 in 1965).

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