Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1985, Bulgaria's population change increased by 6.2% compared to 1984, reaching 12.0.

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

Bulgaria ranks 5th 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 8.1% (from 11.1 in 1980).

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