Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Belgium's population change decreased by 2.7% compared to 2001, reaching 10.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.1.

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 4.4% (from 11.4 in 1997).

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