Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1972, Latvia's population change decreased by 1.4% compared to 1971, reaching 14.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 15.8.

Latvia ranks 20th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.3% (from 14.0 in 1967).

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