Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1996, Belgium's population change increased by 9.1% compared to 1995, reaching 1.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.2.

Belgium ranks 9th out of 16 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 45.5% (from 2.2 in 1991).

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