Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1990, Netherlands's population change decreased by 1.1% compared to 1989, reaching 8.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.3.

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 1.2% (from 8.5 in 1985).

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