Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2012, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 1.0% compared to 2011, reaching 9.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.0.

Bulgaria ranks 21st 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 5.0% (from 10.0 in 2007).

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