Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Slovakia's population change decreased by 1.0% compared to 2001, reaching 9.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.0.

Slovakia ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.0% (from 9.7 in 1997).

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