Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2012, Sweden's population change increased by 0.8% compared to 2011, reaching 11.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.0.

Sweden ranks 3rd 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 1.7% (from 11.7 in 2007).

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