Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 3.7% compared to 1977, reaching 15.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.3.

Bulgaria ranks 12th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.3% (from 16.2 in 1973).

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