Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Sweden's population change decreased by 2.0% compared to 2005, reaching 10.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.7.

Sweden ranks 11th 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 4.8% (from 10.5 in 2001).

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