Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1975, Bulgaria's population change increased by 5.1% compared to 1974, reaching 10.3.

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

Bulgaria ranks 12th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.2% (from 9.1 in 1970).

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