Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1984, Belgium's population change decreased by 3.4% compared to 1983, reaching 11.2.

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

Belgium ranks 9th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.8% (from 11.4 in 1979).

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