Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1981, Belgium's population change decreased by 0.9% compared to 1980, reaching 11.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.3.

Belgium ranks 6th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.8% (from 12.1 in 1976).

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