Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2007, Belgium's population change decreased by 1.0% compared to 2006, reaching 9.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.7.

Belgium ranks 17th 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 6.9% (from 10.2 in 2002).

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