Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1973, Spain's population change decreased by 1.0% compared to 1972, reaching 19.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.4.

Spain ranks 4th 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 4.5% (from 20.1 in 1968).

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