Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Germany's population change decreased by 2.2% compared to 2001, reaching 8.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.1.

Germany ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 12.1% (from 9.9 in 1997).

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