# EU countries by natural change rate, 2025

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `natural_change_rate`
- Unit: per 1,000 inhabitants
- Definition: Live births minus deaths during the year per 1,000 average residents (Eurostat crude rate of natural change).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, crude rate of natural change of population (demo_gind) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_gind/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Population change, crude rate of natural change of population (demo_gind). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_gind/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-rate/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | per 1,000 inhabitants |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ireland | 3.4 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 3 |
| 3 | Cyprus | 2.5 |
| 4 | Sweden | 0.5 |
| 5 | Denmark | 0.2 |
| 5 | Malta | 0.2 |
| 7 | France | -0.1 |
| 8 | Belgium | -0.3 |
| 9 | Netherlands | -0.5 |
| 10 | Austria | -1.3 |
| 11 | Slovenia | -2 |
| 12 | Slovakia | -2.1 |
| 13 | Finland | -2.4 |
| 14 | Spain | -2.5 |
| 15 | Portugal | -3 |
| 16 | Czechia | -3.3 |
| 17 | Germany | -4.2 |
| 18 | Croatia | -4.5 |
| 19 | Poland | -4.6 |
| 20 | Estonia | -4.7 |
| 21 | Italy | -5 |
| 22 | Greece | -5.3 |
| 23 | Hungary | -5.4 |
| 24 | Romania | -5.5 |
| 25 | Lithuania | -6.9 |
| 26 | Bulgaria | -7.7 |
| 26 | Latvia | -7.7 |