Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2022, Belgium's population change increased by 3.1% compared to 2021, reaching 10.0.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 11.5.

Belgium ranks 19th 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 4.2% (from 9.6 in 2017).

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