Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1969, Belgium's population change decreased by 0.7% compared to 1968, reaching 14.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.9.

Belgium ranks 19th 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 14.5% (from 17.2 in 1964).

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