Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1995, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 8.5% compared to 1994, reaching 8.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.5.

Bulgaria ranks 27th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 28.9% (from 12.1 in 1990).

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