Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1989, Romania's population change decreased by 3.0% compared to 1988, reaching 16.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 12.3.

Romania ranks 2nd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.2% (from 15.5 in 1984).

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