Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1990, Belgium's population change increased by 1.6% compared to 1989, reaching 12.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 12.2.

Belgium ranks 15th 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 6.9% (from 11.6 in 1985).

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