Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2009, Bulgaria's population change increased by 4.8% compared to 2008, reaching 10.9.

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

Bulgaria ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 19.8% (from 9.1 in 2004).

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