Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1988, Spain's population change increased by 2.5% compared to 1987, reaching 8.2.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.2.

Spain ranks 25th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.8% (from 7.9 in 1983).

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