Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Sweden's population change increased by 4.5% compared to 2005, reaching 11.7.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.3.

Sweden ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.6% (from 10.3 in 2001).

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