Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Latvia's population change decreased by 14.3% compared to 1977, reaching 1.2.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 4.0.

Latvia ranks 21st out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 50.0% (from 2.4 in 1973).

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