Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Bulgaria's population change increased by 2.9% compared to 2001, reaching 14.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.0.

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 fallen by 2.0% (from 14.7 in 1997).

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