Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Spain's population change decreased by 3.9% compared to 1977, reaching 17.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.3.

Spain ranks 9th 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 9.9% (from 19.2 in 1973).

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