Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2005, Belgium's population change increased by 2.1% compared to 2004, reaching 9.9.

The figure is in line with the EU-27 average of 9.9.

Belgium ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.9% (from 10.2 in 2000).

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