Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2005, Slovakia's population change increased by 3.1% compared to 2004, reaching 10.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.9.

Slovakia ranks 13th 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 2.0% (from 9.8 in 2000).

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