Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Netherlands's population change increased by 8.3% compared to 1997, reaching 3.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.2.

Netherlands ranks 4th out of 14 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.6% (from 3.8 in 1993).

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