Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2019, Belgium's population change decreased by 1.9% compared to 2018, reaching 10.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.3.

Belgium ranks 10th 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 8.9% (from 11.2 in 2014).

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