Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Belgium's population change increased by 0.8% compared to 1977, reaching 12.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.3.

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 6.0% (from 13.3 in 1973).

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