Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2010, France's population change increased by 0.8% compared to 2009, reaching 12.9.

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 grown by 0.8% (from 12.8 in 2005).

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