Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1987, Bulgaria's population change increased by 3.4% compared to 1986, reaching 12.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.2.

Bulgaria ranks 4th 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 7.1% (from 11.2 in 1982).

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