Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1989, Latvia's population change decreased by 6.4% compared to 1988, reaching 14.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 12.3.

Latvia ranks 9th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 8.2% (from 15.9 in 1984).

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