Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2005, Netherlands's population change decreased by 3.4% compared to 2004, reaching 11.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.2.

Netherlands ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.5% (from 13.0 in 2000).

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