Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2007, France's population change decreased by 6.2% compared to 2006, reaching 4.5.

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

France ranks 2nd out of 17 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.5% (from 4.0 in 2002).

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