Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1985, Belgium's population change increased by 0.9% compared to 1984, reaching 11.3.

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

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 1.7% (from 11.5 in 1980).

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