Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2010, Belgium's population change increased by 1.0% compared to 2009, reaching 9.7.

The figure is below 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 2.0% (from 9.9 in 2005).

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