Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2016, Bulgaria's population change increased by 0.0% compared to 2015, reaching 9.4.

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

Bulgaria ranks 22nd 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 2.1% (from 9.6 in 2011).

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