Country or area	1975	1985	1995	1975-1985	1985-1995
Eastern Europe
Bulgaria	22.0	21.9	21.3a	-	-
Czech Republic	22.5	22.4	22.9b	-	+
Hungary	22.4c	22.6	22.7b	+	+
Poland	22.7	23.3	22.7b	+	-
Romania	22.2	22.4	22.7	+	+
Slovakia	22.0	22.3	22.1b	+	-
Northern Europe
Denmark	24.0	25.5	27.3b	+	+
Estonia	23.6	23.2	22.9d	-	-
Finland	24.7	26.1	27.4b	+	+
Iceland	21.8	23.1	25.0	+	+
Ireland	24.8	25.6	27.0	+	+
Latvia	22.9c	23.0	23.0	+	0
Norway	24.2	26.1	26.3b	+	+
Sweden	24.5	26.1	27.2b	+	+
United Kingdome	24.1	24.8	26.5b	+	+
Southern Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.4	23.3	23.6f	+	+
Croatia	22.3	23.3	24.8b	+	+
Greece	23.6	23.7	26.2	+	+
Italy	24.7	25.9	27.5b	+	+
Portugal	24.0	23.8	25.6	-	+
Slovenia	22.8	23.2	24.8b	+	+
Spain	24.5	25.4	27.2g	+	+
Western Europe
Austria	24.0	25.1	25.9b	+	+
Belgium	24.2	25.5	26.4f	+	+
France	24.2	25.9	27.6a	+	+
German Dem. Rep.	22.5	22.3	26.6b	-	+
Germany, Fed. Rep. of	24.8	26.2	27.9b	+	+
Germany	..	26.9d	27.8b	..	+
Netherlands	25.0	26.5	28.8	+	+
Switzerland	25.7	27.0	28.3b	+	+

Source: Council of Europe. Recent Demographic Developments in Europe 1996, table 3.4, p. 47. Council of Europe Publishing, Strasbourg, 1996.
aRefers to 1993.
bRefers to 1994.
cRefers to 1980.
dRefers to 1991.
eData are for England and Wales only
fRefers to 1990.
gRefers to 1992.
Note: A minus sign (-) indicates a decline; A plus sign (+) indicates an increase; zero indicates no change.
Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available.