Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2022, Netherlands's population change decreased by 2.0% compared to 2021, reaching 9.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 11.5.

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 9.1% (from 8.8 in 2017).

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