Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Belgium's population change increased by 1.0% compared to 1997, reaching 10.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.1.

Belgium ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.8% (from 10.6 in 1993).

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