Top country: Malta · Lowest in ranking: Albania
Population Change Rate country ranking
Countries ranked by Population Change Rate across Europe.
Indicator: population_change_rate
Year: 2025
Granularity: country
Ranking controls
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Eurostat indicator: Crude rate of population change
Performance ranking
Top performing countries
Higher values indicate stronger performance.
Top country: Malta · Lowest in ranking: Albania
Editorial summary
Key takeaways
- Top country: Malta · Lowest in ranking: Albania
- Population Change Rate ranking uses country scope for year 2025.
- Top position: Malta (24.10).
- Lower end: Albania (-11.70).
- Current ranking includes 37 countries.
Editorial detail
Editorial insights
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1▲ 1
Malta
24.10
+5.10 -
2▲ 1
Cyprus
13.70
-3.30 -
3▲ 4
Luxembourg
13.10
-1.60 -
4–
Ireland
12.80
-3.60 -
5▲ 1
Iceland
12.50
-2.70 -
6▲ 2
Spain
9.40
-1.00 -
7▼ 6
Liechtenstein
8.30
-13.20 -
8▲ 1
Switzerland
8.10
-1.80 -
9▲ 4
Belgium
6.00
+0.40 -
10–
Norway
5.90
-2.00 -
11▲ 4
Denmark
5.50
+0.20 -
12▲ 5
Turkey
5.00
+1.60 -
13–
Netherlands
4.80
-0.80 -
14▲ 7
France
3.30
+0.20 -
15▼ 10
Portugal
3.20
-13.00 -
16▼ 4
Finland
3.00
-2.70 -
17▼ 6
United Kingdom
2.40
-4.50 -
18▼ 2
Austria
2.00
-2.20 -
18▲ 1
Slovenia
2.00
-1.20 -
20▼ 3
Sweden
1.70
-1.70 -
21▲ 3
Czechia
0.60
-0.20 -
22▼ 3
Croatia
0.40
-2.80 -
23▲ 3
Italy
0.00
+0.50 -
24▲ 5
Romania
-0.10
+1.20 -
25–
Greece
-0.60
-0.30 -
26▲ 1
Montenegro
-0.70
-0.10 -
27▼ 5
Lithuania
-1.10
-2.80 -
28▼ 5
Germany
-1.30
-2.70 -
29▲ 2
North Macedonia
-1.90
+0.10 -
29▼ 1
Slovakia
-1.90
-0.90 -
31▼ 2
Bulgaria
-2.20
-0.90 -
32–
Poland
-4.50
-1.10 -
33▲ 1
Hungary
-5.40
-0.70 -
34▲ 1
Serbia
-5.50
+0.20 -
35▼ 3
Estonia
-6.80
-3.40 -
36–
Latvia
-8.30
+1.30 -
37–
Albania
-11.70
-0.10
Biggest ranking moves
2025 vs 2024
Population Change Rate
Position changes
Largest climbs
2025 vs 2024
- #14 France ▲ 7
- #12 Turkey ▲ 5
- #24 Romania ▲ 5
- #3 Luxembourg ▲ 4
- #9 Belgium ▲ 4
Largest falls
2025 vs 2024
- #15 Portugal ▼ 10
- #7 Liechtenstein ▼ 6
- #17 United Kingdom ▼ 6
- #27 Lithuania ▼ 5
- #28 Germany ▼ 5