Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1981, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 3.6% compared to 1980, reaching 10.7.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.3.

Bulgaria ranks 11th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.9% (from 10.1 in 1976).

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