Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2008, Latvia's population change increased by 2.8% compared to 2007, reaching 11.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.6.

Latvia ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 21.7% (from 9.2 in 2003).

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