Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1977, Netherlands's population change decreased by 4.8% compared to 1976, reaching 7.9.

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

Netherlands ranks 25th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.1% (from 8.5 in 1972).

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