Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Sweden's population change decreased by 2.6% compared to 1977, reaching 11.3.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.3.

Sweden ranks 24th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 16.3% (from 13.5 in 1973).

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