Natural population change

Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).

Key facts

Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

Rankings

EU countries by natural population change, 2025

Top 15. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Ireland: 18,644 personsIreland18,644Sweden: 5,279 personsSweden5,279Cyprus: 2,426 personsCyprus2,426Luxembourg: 2,043 personsLuxembourg2,043Denmark: 1,258 personsDenmark1,258Malta: 98 personsMalta98France: -3,620 personsFrance-3,620Belgium: -3,889 personsBelgium-3,889Slovenia: -4,262 personsSlovenia-4,262Estonia: -6,448 personsEstonia-6,448Netherlands: -8,624 personsNetherlands-8,624Slovakia: -11,501 personsSlovakia-11,501Austria: -11,835 personsAustria-11,835Finland: -13,377 personsFinland-13,377Latvia: -14,178 personsLatvia-14,178
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population (demo_gind). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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