Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1969, Belgium's population change increased by 4.8% compared to 1968, reaching 2.2.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 6.3.

Belgium ranks 24th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 59.3% (from 5.4 in 1964).

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