Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1985, Netherlands's population change increased by 2.4% compared to 1984, reaching 8.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.5.

Netherlands ranks 24th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.9% (from 8.1 in 1980).

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