Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1992, Belgium's population change decreased by 1.6% compared to 1991, reaching 12.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 11.5.

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 4.2% (from 11.9 in 1987).

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