Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2017, Germany's population change decreased by 1.0% compared to 2016, reaching 9.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.7.

Germany ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.1% (from 8.4 in 2012).

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