Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Belgium's population change decreased by 1.8% compared to 1997, reaching 11.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.3.

Belgium ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.7% (from 12.0 in 1993).

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