Top country: Turkey · Lowest in ranking: Latvia
Natural Population Change Rate country ranking
Countries ranked by Natural Population Change Rate across Europe.
Indicator: natural_population_change_rate
Year: 2025
Granularity: country
Ranking controls
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Eurostat indicator: Crude rate of natural population change
Performance ranking
Top performing countries
Higher values indicate stronger performance.
Top country: Turkey · Lowest in ranking: Latvia
Editorial summary
Key takeaways
- Top country: Turkey · Lowest in ranking: Latvia
- Natural Population Change Rate ranking uses country scope for year 2025.
- Top position: Turkey (4.70).
- Lower end: Latvia (-7.70).
- Current ranking includes 37 countries.
Editorial detail
Editorial insights
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1–
Turkey
4.70
-0.50 -
2–
Iceland
4.40
+0.00 -
3–
Ireland
3.40
+0.00 -
4▲ 1
Luxembourg
3.00
+0.10 -
5▼ 1
Cyprus
2.50
-0.60 -
6–
Norway
1.80
+0.00 -
7–
Montenegro
0.80
-0.20 -
8▲ 1
Switzerland
0.70
+0.00 -
9▲ 2
Albania
0.50
+0.00 -
9–
Sweden
0.50
-0.20 -
11▲ 4
Denmark
0.20
+0.20 -
11▲ 1
Malta
0.20
-0.10 -
13▼ 6
Liechtenstein
0.00
-1.00 -
13▲ 1
United Kingdom
0.00
-0.20 -
15▼ 3
France
-0.10
-0.40 -
16–
Belgium
-0.30
-0.10 -
17–
Netherlands
-0.50
-0.20 -
18–
Austria
-1.30
-0.10 -
19▲ 1
Slovenia
-2.00
+0.20 -
20▼ 1
Slovakia
-2.10
-0.70 -
21▲ 2
Finland
-2.40
+0.20 -
21–
North Macedonia
-2.40
-0.10 -
23▼ 1
Spain
-2.50
-0.10 -
24▲ 1
Portugal
-3.00
+0.00 -
25▼ 2
Czechia
-3.30
-0.70 -
26–
Germany
-4.20
-0.20 -
27▲ 3
Croatia
-4.50
+0.40 -
28▼ 1
Poland
-4.60
-0.30 -
29▼ 1
Estonia
-4.70
-0.30 -
30▼ 1
Italy
-5.00
-0.20 -
31▲ 2
Greece
-5.30
+0.20 -
32▼ 1
Hungary
-5.40
-0.30 -
33▼ 1
Romania
-5.50
-0.20 -
33▲ 1
Serbia
-5.50
+0.20 -
35–
Lithuania
-6.90
-0.50 -
36–
Bulgaria
-7.70
-0.40 -
36▲ 1
Latvia
-7.70
-0.30
Biggest ranking moves
2025 vs 2024
Natural Population Change Rate
Position changes
Largest climbs
2025 vs 2024
- #11 Denmark ▲ 4
- #27 Croatia ▲ 3
- #9 Albania ▲ 2
- #21 Finland ▲ 2
- #31 Greece ▲ 2
Largest falls
2025 vs 2024
- #13 Liechtenstein ▼ 6
- #15 France ▼ 3
- #25 Czechia ▼ 2
- #5 Cyprus ▼ 1
- #20 Slovakia ▼ 1