Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1972, Belgium's population change decreased by 2.4% compared to 1971, reaching 12.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.2.

Belgium ranks 2nd 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 0.8% (from 12.0 in 1967).

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