Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1990, Bulgaria's population change increased by 4.2% compared to 1989, reaching 12.5.

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

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 4.2% (from 12.0 in 1985).

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