Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2012, France's population change decreased by 0.8% compared to 2011, reaching 12.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.0.

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 1.6% (from 12.8 in 2007).

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