Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2018, Belgium's population change increased by 1.0% compared to 2017, reaching 9.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.5.

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 1.0% (from 9.8 in 2013).

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