Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, France's population change decreased by 1.5% compared to 2001, reaching 12.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.1.

France ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.6% (from 12.7 in 1997).

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