Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1982, Netherlands's population change decreased by 13.6% compared to 1981, reaching 3.8.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 3.3.

Netherlands ranks 13th 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 17.4% (from 4.6 in 1977).

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