Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1996, Netherlands's population change increased by 1.1% compared to 1995, reaching 8.9.

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

Netherlands ranks 22nd 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 3.5% (from 8.6 in 1991).

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