Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1984, Belgium's population change increased by 66.7% compared to 1983, reaching 0.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 2.6.

Belgium ranks 20th 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 58.3% (from 1.2 in 1979).

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