Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Hungary's population change increased by 1.5% compared to 1997, reaching 13.7.

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

Hungary ranks 4th 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 5.5% (from 14.5 in 1993).

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