Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1991, Belgium's population change increased by 1.6% compared to 1990, reaching 12.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 11.8.

Belgium ranks 12th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.9% (from 11.9 in 1986).

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