Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2004, Spain's population change decreased by 5.5% compared to 2003, reaching 8.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.7.

Spain ranks 21st 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 6.5% (from 9.2 in 1999).

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