Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2021, Bulgaria's population change increased by 0.0% compared to 2020, reaching 9.0.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.2.

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 4.3% (from 9.4 in 2016).

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