Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1971, Belgium's population change increased by 0.8% compared to 1970, reaching 12.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.5.

Belgium ranks 4th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.5% (from 12.1 in 1966).

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