Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1985, Belgium's population change decreased by 40.0% compared to 1984, reaching 0.3.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 2.3.

Belgium ranks 21st out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 72.7% (from 1.1 in 1980).

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