Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2010, Spain's population change decreased by 4.2% compared to 2009, reaching 2.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.6.

Spain ranks 8th out of 17 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 27.8% (from 1.8 in 2005).

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