Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1988, Netherlands's population change increased by 1.2% compared to 1987, reaching 8.4.

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

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 2.4% (from 8.2 in 1983).

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