Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2004, Belgium's population change increased by 2.7% compared to 2003, reaching 11.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.2.

Belgium ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.9% (from 11.2 in 1999).

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