Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2019, Netherlands's population change decreased by 1.1% compared to 2018, reaching 8.8.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.4.

Netherlands ranks 22nd 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 6.0% (from 8.3 in 2014).

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