Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1997, Latvia's population change decreased by 4.9% compared to 1996, reaching 7.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.4.

Latvia ranks 26th 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 36.4% (from 12.1 in 1992).

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