Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Bulgaria's population change increased by 2.6% compared to 1997, reaching 7.9.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.3.

Bulgaria ranks 26th 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 21.0% (from 10.0 in 1993).

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