Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Belgium's population change decreased by 41.7% compared to 2001, reaching 0.7.

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

Belgium ranks 11th out of 13 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 41.7% (from 1.2 in 1997).

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