Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2003, Netherlands's population change decreased by 2.7% compared to 2002, reaching 3.6.

Netherlands ranks 4th out of 12 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.7% (from 3.9 in 1998).

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