Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Netherlands's population change decreased by 5.1% compared to 2001, reaching 3.7.

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

Netherlands ranks 4th out of 13 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.8% (from 3.6 in 1997).

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