Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1966, Belgium's population change decreased by 0.8% compared to 1965, reaching 12.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.9.

Belgium ranks 3rd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.3% (from 11.6 in 1961).

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