Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2008, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 1.3% compared to 2007, reaching 14.8.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.8.

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 2.8% (from 14.4 in 2003).

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