Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2021, Netherlands's population change increased by 1.0% compared to 2020, reaching 9.8.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 11.9.

Netherlands ranks 18th 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 12.6% (from 8.7 in 2016).

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