Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2014, Belgium's population change decreased by 5.1% compared to 2013, reaching 9.3.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.9.

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 3.1% (from 9.6 in 2009).

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