Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2008, France's population change increased by 0.0% compared to 2007, reaching 4.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.8.

France ranks 3rd 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 21.6% (from 3.7 in 2003).

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