Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Netherlands's population change increased by 1.1% compared to 2001, reaching 8.8.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.0.

Netherlands ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.1% (from 8.7 in 1997).

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