Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Spain's population change increased by 3.4% compared to 1997, reaching 9.0.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.1.

Spain ranks 23rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.7% (from 8.6 in 1993).

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