Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2005, France's population change increased by 2.4% compared to 2004, reaching 8.5.

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

France ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.5% (from 8.9 in 2000).

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