Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1989, Belgium's population change increased by 1.9% compared to 1988, reaching 10.8.

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

Belgium ranks 11th 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 3.6% (from 11.2 in 1984).

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