Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1989, Belgium's population change decreased by 6.7% compared to 1988, reaching 1.4.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 2.1.

Belgium ranks 17th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 180.0% (from 0.5 in 1984).

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