Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2010, Belgium's population change increased by 4.5% compared to 2009, reaching 2.3.

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

Belgium ranks 7th out of 17 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 43.7% (from 1.6 in 2005).

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