Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1977, Netherlands's population change increased by 2.2% compared to 1976, reaching 4.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 4.4.

Netherlands ranks 15th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 38.7% (from 7.5 in 1972).

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