Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2004, Romania's population change decreased by 2.4% compared to 2003, reaching 12.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.7.

Romania ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.5% (from 11.8 in 1999).

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