Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1971, Slovakia's population change increased by 2.2% compared to 1970, reaching 18.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.3.

Slovakia ranks 7th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.6% (from 18.5 in 1966).

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