Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1989, Netherlands's population change increased by 3.6% compared to 1988, reaching 8.7.

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

Netherlands ranks 23rd 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 4.8% (from 8.3 in 1984).

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