Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2004, Belgium's population change increased by 114.3% compared to 2003, reaching 1.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.6.

Belgium ranks 10th out of 16 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 66.7% (from 0.9 in 1999).

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