Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1972, Belgium's population change decreased by 4.1% compared to 1971, reaching 14.0.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 15.8.

Belgium ranks 21st 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 8.5% (from 15.3 in 1967).

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