Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1983, Romania's population change decreased by 27.8% compared to 1982, reaching 3.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 2.6.

Romania ranks 12th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 58.1% (from 9.3 in 1978).

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