Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Romania's population change decreased by 3.0% compared to 2001, reaching 9.7.

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

Romania ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.6% (from 10.5 in 1997).

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