Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2011, France's population change decreased by 1.2% compared to 2010, reaching 8.4.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.8.

France ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.2% (from 8.3 in 2006).

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