Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1982, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 0.7% compared to 1981, reaching 13.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 13.5.

Bulgaria ranks 14th 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 13.7% (from 16.1 in 1977).

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