Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1989, Slovakia's population change decreased by 15.3% compared to 1988, reaching 5.0.

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

Slovakia ranks 5th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 34.2% (from 7.6 in 1984).

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