Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2021, Belgium's population change increased by 3.0% compared to 2020, reaching 10.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.2.

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 5.6% (from 10.8 in 2016).

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