Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Belgium's population change decreased by 22.2% compared to 1977, reaching 0.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 4.0.

Belgium ranks 22nd out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 36.4% (from 1.1 in 1973).

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