Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1996, Bulgaria's population change increased by 2.9% compared to 1995, reaching 14.0.

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

Bulgaria ranks 1st 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 9.4% (from 12.8 in 1991).

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