Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1981, Belgium's population change increased by 0.0% compared to 1980, reaching 12.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 13.7.

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 grown by 2.4% (from 12.3 in 1976).

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