Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1975, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 3.5% compared to 1974, reaching 16.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.0.

Bulgaria ranks 10th 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 1.8% (from 16.3 in 1970).

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