Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1999, Belgium's population change increased by 0.0% compared to 1998, reaching 0.9.

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

Belgium ranks 9th out of 12 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 30.8% (from 1.3 in 1994).

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