Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1987, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 3.0% compared to 1986, reaching 13.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 12.5.

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 fallen by 6.5% (from 13.9 in 1982).

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