Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1988, Bulgaria's population change increased by 0.8% compared to 1987, reaching 13.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 12.6.

Bulgaria ranks 11th 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 5.1% (from 13.8 in 1983).

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