Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Bulgaria's population change increased by 0.0% compared to 2001, reaching 8.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.1.

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 grown by 10.4% (from 7.7 in 1997).

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