Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1987, Belgium's population change increased by 0.0% compared to 1986, reaching 11.9.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 12.5.

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 2.5% (from 12.2 in 1982).

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