Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2008, Netherlands's population change increased by 0.9% compared to 2007, reaching 11.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.6.

Netherlands ranks 11th 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 8.9% (from 12.3 in 2003).

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