Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1981, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 3.4% compared to 1980, reaching 14.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 13.7.

Bulgaria ranks 16th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 15.2% (from 16.5 in 1976).

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