Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2016, Belgium's population change decreased by 3.1% compared to 2015, reaching 9.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.2.

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 grown by 1.1% (from 9.4 in 2011).

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