Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2005, France's population change decreased by 4.4% compared to 2004, reaching 4.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.4.

France ranks 2nd out of 15 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.3% (from 4.4 in 2000).

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