Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2020, Belgium's population change decreased by 2.9% compared to 2019, reaching 9.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.1.

Belgium ranks 11th 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 8.3% (from 10.8 in 2015).

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