Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1969, Bulgaria's population change increased by 10.5% compared to 1968, reaching 9.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.7.

Bulgaria ranks 19th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 20.3% (from 7.9 in 1964).

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