Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2009, Germany's population change decreased by 2.4% compared to 2008, reaching 8.1.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.5.

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 5.8% (from 8.6 in 2004).

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