Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1966, Bulgaria's population change increased by 1.2% compared to 1965, reaching 8.3.

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

Bulgaria ranks 20th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.1% (from 7.9 in 1961).

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