Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2009, France's population change decreased by 4.4% compared to 2008, reaching 4.3.

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

France ranks 3rd out of 16 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.4% (from 4.5 in 2004).

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