Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Finland's population change increased by 5.3% compared to 2005, reaching 2.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.7.

Finland ranks 7th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 33.3% (from 1.5 in 2001).

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