Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2007, Bulgaria's population change increased by 0.7% compared to 2006, reaching 15.0.

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

Bulgaria ranks 2nd 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 4.2% (from 14.4 in 2002).

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