Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1983, Bulgaria's population change increased by 1.8% compared to 1982, reaching 11.4.

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

Bulgaria ranks 9th 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 8.6% (from 10.5 in 1978).

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