Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1999, Latvia's population change decreased by 3.5% compared to 1998, reaching 13.7.

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 17.5% (from 16.6 in 1994).

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