Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Latvia's population change decreased by 0.7% compared to 1977, reaching 13.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.3.

Latvia ranks 17th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.8% (from 14.1 in 1973).

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