Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1999, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 4.9% compared to 1998, reaching 13.6.

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

Bulgaria ranks 3rd 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 3.0% (from 13.2 in 1994).

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