Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Belgium's population change increased by 25.0% compared to 2005, reaching 2.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.7.

Belgium ranks 8th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 66.7% (from 1.2 in 2001).

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