Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1965, Belgium's population change decreased by 4.7% compared to 1964, reaching 16.4.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.9.

Belgium ranks 18th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.4% (from 16.8 in 1960).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_gind, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.