Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Belgium's population change increased by 1.0% compared to 2001, reaching 10.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.0.

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 grown by 0.0% (from 10.2 in 1997).

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