Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1988, Netherlands's population change decreased by 4.5% compared to 1987, reaching 4.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 2.3.

Netherlands ranks 8th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.5% (from 3.7 in 1983).

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