Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1984, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 0.9% compared to 1983, reaching 11.3.

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

Bulgaria ranks 8th 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 5.6% (from 10.7 in 1979).

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