Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1988, Netherlands's population change decreased by 0.8% compared to 1987, reaching 12.6.

The figure is in line with the EU-27 average of 12.6.

Netherlands ranks 15th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.8% (from 11.8 in 1983).

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