Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1984, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 1.4% compared to 1983, reaching 13.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 12.9.

Bulgaria ranks 13th 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 11.1% (from 15.3 in 1979).

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