Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2004, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 0.7% compared to 2003, reaching 14.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.7.

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 5.1% (from 13.6 in 1999).

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