Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2018, Spain's population change decreased by 6.0% compared to 2017, reaching 7.9.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.5.

Spain ranks 26th 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 13.2% (from 9.1 in 2013).

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