Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1971, Bulgaria's population change increased by 6.6% compared to 1970, reaching 9.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.5.

Bulgaria ranks 18th 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 16.9% (from 8.3 in 1966).

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