Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1970, Sweden's population change decreased by 5.7% compared to 1969, reaching 9.9.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.4.

Sweden ranks 14th 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 2.0% (from 10.1 in 1965).

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