Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2018, Belgium's population change decreased by 22.2% compared to 2017, reaching 0.7.

Belgium ranks 9th out of 12 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 53.3% (from 1.5 in 2013).

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