Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Germany's population change decreased by 1.0% compared to 1997, reaching 10.4.

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

Germany ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.3% (from 11.1 in 1993).

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