Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2012, Belgium's population change decreased by 1.7% compared to 2011, reaching 11.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.0.

Belgium ranks 5th 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 1.7% (from 11.7 in 2007).

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