Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1990, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 4.0% compared to 1989, reaching 12.1.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 12.2.

Bulgaria ranks 17th 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 9.0% (from 13.3 in 1985).

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