Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2014, Bulgaria's population change increased by 3.2% compared to 2013, reaching 9.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.9.

Bulgaria ranks 20th 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 11.9% (from 10.9 in 2009).

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