Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2003, Bulgaria's population change increased by 2.4% compared to 2002, reaching 8.7.

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

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 grown by 10.1% (from 7.9 in 1998).

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