Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1979, Netherlands's population change decreased by 0.8% compared to 1978, reaching 12.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.2.

Netherlands ranks 20th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 8.8% (from 13.7 in 1974).

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