Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1970, Sweden's population change increased by 23.3% compared to 1969, reaching 3.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 6.0.

Sweden ranks 19th 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 36.2% (from 5.8 in 1965).

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