Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Germany's population change decreased by 1.2% compared to 2005, reaching 8.2.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.3.

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 7.9% (from 8.9 in 2001).

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