Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2007, France's population change decreased by 2.3% compared to 2006, reaching 12.8.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.4.

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 fallen by 0.8% (from 12.9 in 2002).

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