Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 2.7% compared to 1997, reaching 14.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.1.

Bulgaria ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.9% (from 12.9 in 1993).

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