Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2018, Sweden's population change decreased by 0.9% compared to 2017, reaching 11.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.5.

Sweden ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.4% (from 11.8 in 2013).

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