Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1983, Belgium's population change decreased by 2.5% compared to 1982, reaching 11.9.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 13.0.

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 4.8% (from 12.5 in 1978).

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