Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1981, Netherlands's population change decreased by 6.4% compared to 1980, reaching 4.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 3.4.

Netherlands ranks 12th 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 2.2% (from 4.5 in 1976).

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