Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1985, Netherlands's population change increased by 1.7% compared to 1984, reaching 12.3.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 12.8.

Netherlands ranks 16th 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 3.9% (from 12.8 in 1980).

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