7.1.5. Natural increase or decrease (–) (2000–)*(1/2)

(per thousand inhabitants)

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Countries 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Austria 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0.2
Belgium 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.7 1.5 1.6 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.3
Bulgaria -5.1 -5.5 -5.9 -5.7 -5.2 -5.5 -5.2 -5.0 -4.4 -3.6 -4.7
Cyprus 4.5 4.8 3.8 4.0 4.2 3.8 4.8 4.2 5.1 5.5 5.7
Czechia -1.8 -1.7 -1.5 -1.7 -0.9 -0.6 0.1 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.0
Denmark 1.7 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.4 1.6
Estonia -3.8 -4.2 -3.9 -3.7 -2.7 -2.2 -1.8 -1.2 -0.5 -0.2 0.0
Finland 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.9
France 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.5 4.3 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.4
Greece -0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.9 0.5
Netherlands 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.9
Croatia -1.5 -2.0 -2.4 -3.0 -2.2 -2.2 -2.1 -2.4 -1.9 -1.8 -2.0
Ireland 6.1 7.1 7.8 8.1 8.2 8.0 8.6 9.8 10.4 10.4 10.4
Poland 0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.3 0.9 0.9 0.9
Latvia -5.0 -5.7 -5.4 -4.9 -5.1 -4.9 -4.6 -4.1 -3.0 -3.7 -4.9
Lithuania -1.4 -2.7 -3.3 -3.2 -3.4 -4.3 -4.7 -4.8 -3.8 -3.1 -3.7
Luxembourg 4.5 3.9 3.6 2.8 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.4 4.1 4.0 4.2
Hungary -3.7 -3.4 -3.5 -4.1 -3.7 -3.8 -3.2 -3.5 -3.1 -3.4 -4.0
Malta 3.7 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.8 1.4 1.6 1.9 2.0 2.1
Germany -0.9 -1.1 -1.5 -1.8 -1.4 -1.8 -1.8 -1.7 -2.0 -2.3 -2.2
Italy -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.7 0.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4
Portugal 1.4 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.4
Romania -0.9 -1.8 -2.7 -2.5 -2.0 -1.9 -1.8 -1.8 -1.5 -1.7 -2.3
Spain 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.9 1.8 2.5 2.4 2.9 2.4 2.3
Sweden -0.3 -0.3 0.1 0.7 1.2 1.1 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.3 2.7
Slovakia 0.5 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.8 1.5 1.3
Slovenia -0.2 -0.5 -0.6 -1.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.4 0.6 1.7 1.5 1.8
EU27_2020 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6
United Kingdom 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 2.2 2.3 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.9
EU28 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0
Euro area–19 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.9
Iceland 8.8 8.3 7.7 8.0 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.4 9.0 9.5 9.1
North Macedonia 5.9 5.0 4.8 4.4 2.7 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.9 2.3 2.5
Montenegro 6.2 5.6 4.9 4.3 3.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 4.1 4.5 2.9
Norway 3.4 2.8 2.4 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.1
Russia -6.6 -6.5 -5.6 -6.2 -5.6 -5.9 -4.8 -3.3 -2.5 -1.8 -1.7
Switzerland 2.2 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.3
Serbia -4.0 -2.7 -3.3 -3.3 -3.5 -4.6 -4.3 -4.7 -4.6 -4.6 -4.8
Turkey 14.0 13.4 12.1 11.7 12.0 12.3 12.4 12.8 12.7 12.1 11.8
India 17.7 17.4 17.1 16.7 16.4 16.0 15.6 15.2 14.7 14.2 13.6
Israel 15.7 15.4 15.4 15.9 15.7 15.2 15.5 15.5 16.1 16.3 16.6
Japan 1.7 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.6 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.6 -1.0
China 7.6 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.1 4.8
Republic of Korea 8.1 6.6 5.1 5.1 4.8 3.9 4.2 5.0 4.4 4.0 4.3
Egypt 19.4 19.1 18.8 18.6 18.5 18.5 18.7 19.1 19.6 20.3 21.0
Brazil 13.9 13.4 12.8 12.3 11.7 11.2 10.7 10.3 9.9 9.6 9.3
United States 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.7 6.2 6.3 5.9 5.6 5.0
Canada 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.1
Mexico 19.1 18.7 18.3 17.9 17.4 16.9 16.5 16.0 15.6 15.2 14.8
Australia 6.3 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.8 6.4 6.5 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.2
New Zealand 7.8 7.2 6.6 7.0 7.3 7.4 7.4 8.4 8.3 7.8 8.2
*Source: Eurostat (Luxembourg); World Development Indicators (The World Bank, Washington D.C.).  Revised data 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011