Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1969, Bulgaria's population change increased by 0.6% compared to 1968, reaching 17.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.9.

Bulgaria ranks 11th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.6% (from 16.1 in 1964).

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