Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2016, Spain's population change decreased by 2.2% compared to 2015, reaching 8.8.

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

Spain ranks 24th 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 12.9% (from 10.1 in 2011).

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