Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1970, Belgium's population change decreased by 1.6% compared to 1969, reaching 12.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.4.

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 0.8% (from 12.2 in 1965).

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