Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2009, Belgium's population change decreased by 0.8% compared to 2008, reaching 11.8.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.5.

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 4.4% (from 11.3 in 2004).

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