Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2022, France's population change increased by 2.1% compared to 2021, reaching 9.9.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 11.5.

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 8.8% (from 9.1 in 2017).

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