Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1997, Poland's population change decreased by 2.0% compared to 1996, reaching 9.8.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.1.

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 4.9% (from 10.3 in 1992).

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