Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1981, Netherlands's population change decreased by 2.3% compared to 1980, reaching 12.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 13.7.

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 3.1% (from 12.9 in 1976).

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