Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1984, Belgium's population change decreased by 1.7% compared to 1983, reaching 11.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 12.9.

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 7.1% (from 12.6 in 1979).

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