Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Hungary's population change decreased by 3.1% compared to 1997, reaching 9.5.

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

Hungary 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 fallen by 15.9% (from 11.3 in 1993).

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