Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1966, Poland's population change decreased by 3.4% compared to 1965, reaching 16.8.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.5.

Poland ranks 16th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 19.6% (from 20.9 in 1961).

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