Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2022, Romania's population change decreased by 17.7% compared to 2021, reaching 14.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 11.5.

Romania ranks 5th 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 7.5% (from 13.4 in 2017).

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