Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1989, Netherlands's population change decreased by 4.8% compared to 1988, reaching 4.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 2.1.

Netherlands ranks 8th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.3% (from 3.8 in 1984).

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