Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Latvia's population change increased by 2.9% compared to 1997, reaching 14.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.1.

Latvia ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.2% (from 15.3 in 1993).

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