Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1990, Belgium's population change decreased by 3.7% compared to 1989, reaching 10.4.

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

Belgium ranks 13th 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 8.0% (from 11.3 in 1985).

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