Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Latvia's population change increased by 2.1% compared to 2005, reaching 14.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.7.

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 grown by 5.7% (from 14.1 in 2001).

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