Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1970, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 4.2% compared to 1969, reaching 9.1.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.4.

Bulgaria ranks 21st 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 11.0% (from 8.2 in 1965).

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