Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Latvia's population change increased by 0.8% compared to 1977, reaching 12.5.

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

Latvia ranks 2nd out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.8% (from 11.6 in 1973).

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