Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1989, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 3.8% compared to 1988, reaching 12.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 12.3.

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 7.4% (from 13.6 in 1984).

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