Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2021, Belgium's population change decreased by 11.8% compared to 2020, reaching 9.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 11.9.

Belgium ranks 20th 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 2.1% (from 9.5 in 2016).

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