Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2000, Bulgaria's population change increased by 3.7% compared to 1999, reaching 14.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.9.

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 3.7% (from 13.6 in 1995).

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