Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2017, France's population change increased by 2.2% compared to 2016, reaching 9.1.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.5.

France ranks 20th 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 4.6% (from 8.7 in 2012).

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