Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1979, Belgium's population change increased by 0.8% compared to 1978, reaching 12.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.2.

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 0.8% (from 12.7 in 1974).

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