Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Netherlands's population change decreased by 1.7% compared to 2005, reaching 11.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.3.

Netherlands ranks 8th 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 10.3% (from 12.6 in 2001).

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