Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, France's population change increased by 11.6% compared to 2005, reaching 4.8.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.7.

France ranks 3rd out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.6% (from 4.3 in 2001).

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