Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Belgium's population change increased by 1.8% compared to 2005, reaching 11.6.

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

Belgium ranks 6th 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 3.6% (from 11.2 in 2001).

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