Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1970, Netherlands's population change decreased by 9.2% compared to 1969, reaching 9.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 6.0.

Netherlands ranks 5th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 17.5% (from 12.0 in 1965).

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