Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2007, Netherlands's population change decreased by 2.4% compared to 2006, reaching 8.1.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.7.

Netherlands ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 8.0% (from 8.8 in 2002).

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