Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2021, Spain's population change decreased by 1.4% compared to 2020, reaching 7.1.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.2.

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 19.3% (from 8.8 in 2016).

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