Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2005, Germany's population change decreased by 3.5% compared to 2004, reaching 8.3.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.2.

Germany ranks 27th 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 10.8% (from 9.3 in 2000).

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