Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2004, France's population change increased by 21.6% compared to 2003, reaching 4.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.6.

France ranks 2nd out of 16 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 18.4% (from 3.8 in 1999).

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