Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1989, Romania's population change decreased by 3.6% compared to 1988, reaching 5.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 2.1.

Romania ranks 4th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.9% (from 5.2 in 1984).

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