Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2008, Belgium's population change increased by 3.2% compared to 2007, reaching 9.8.

The figure is in line with the EU-27 average of 9.8.

Belgium ranks 16th 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 4.9% (from 10.3 in 2003).

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