Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2005, Netherlands's population change decreased by 8.6% compared to 2004, reaching 3.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.4.

Netherlands ranks 5th out of 15 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 23.8% (from 4.2 in 2000).

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