Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2017, Netherlands's population change decreased by 2.0% compared to 2016, reaching 9.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.7.

Netherlands ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.7% (from 10.5 in 2012).

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