Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2005, Belgium's population change increased by 6.7% compared to 2004, reaching 1.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.4.

Belgium ranks 10th out of 15 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 45.5% (from 1.1 in 2000).

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