Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2016, France's population change decreased by 1.7% compared to 2015, reaching 11.8.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.9.

France ranks 3rd 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 7.1% (from 12.7 in 2011).

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