Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Germany's population change decreased by 1.1% compared to 1977, reaching 9.4.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.3.

Germany ranks 26th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 8.7% (from 10.3 in 1973).

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