Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1988, Belgium's population change increased by 1.7% compared to 1987, reaching 12.1.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 12.6.

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 1.7% (from 11.9 in 1983).

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