Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Finland's population change decreased by 6.5% compared to 1977, reaching 4.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 4.0.

Finland ranks 16th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 48.3% (from 2.9 in 1973).

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